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The  copy  filmtd  h«r«  has  b««n  raproductd  thanka 
to  tho  gonarosity  of: 


L'axamplaira  filmA  fut  raproduit  grica  A  la 
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Tha  imagaa  appaaring  hara  ara  tha  bast  quality 
possibia  considaring  tha  condition  and  lagibility 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  apacificationa. 


Laa  imagaa  suivantat  ont  Ati  raproduitas  avac  la 
plua  g'and  soin.  compta  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nanatA  da  l'axamplaira  film*,  at  an 
conformity  avac  laa  conditiona  du  contrat  da 
filmaga. 


Original  capiat  in  printad  papar  covara  ara  flimad 
baginning  with  tha  front  covar  and  anding  on 
tha  laat  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
tion,  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appropriata.  All 
othar  original  copiaa  ara  filmad  baginning  on  tha 
firat  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
aion,  and  anding  on  tha  laat  paga  with  a  printad 
or  illuatratad  impraaaion. 


Laa  axamplairaa  originaux  dont  la  couvartura  an 
papiar  aat  ImprimAa  aont  filmte  an  commanpant 
par  la  pramiar  plat  at  9n  tarminant  toit  par  la 
darniira  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'impraaaion  ou  d'illuatration,  toit  par  la  tacond 
plat,  talon  la  cat.  Tout  laa  autrat  axamplairat 
originaux  tont  film*i  an  commanpant  par  la 
pramiAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'impraaaion  ou  d'illuatration  at  an  tarminant  par 
la  darniAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  talla 
amprainta. 


Tha  laat  racordad  frama  on  aach  microficha 
thall  contain  tha  tymbol  — ^  (moaning  "CON- 
TINUED ").  or  tha  tymbol  ▼  (moaning  "END"), 
whichavar  appliaa. 

Mapa,  plataa.  chartt.  ate,  may  ba  filmad  at 
diffarant  raduction  ratiot.  Thota  too  larga  to  ba 
antiraly  includad  in  ona  axpoaura  ara  filmad 
baginning  in  tha  uppar  laft  hand  Ci^rnar.  laft  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  at  many  framat  at 
raquirad.  Tha  following  diagramt  illuttrata  tha 
mathod: 


Un  daa  tymbolaa  tuivanta  apparaitra  tur  la 
darniira  imaga  da  chaqua  microficha.  talon  la 
cat:  la  tymbola  — ^  tignifia  "A  SUiVRE".  la 
tymbola  V  tignifia  "FIN". 

Laa  cartat.  pianchaa,  tablaaux.  ate.  pauvant  atra 
filmAa  A  dat  taux  da  riduction  diff grants. 
Lortqua  la  documant  att  trop  grand  pour  Atra 
raproduit  an  un  taul  clichA.  il  att  filmi  A  partir 
da  I'angla  tupAriaur  gaucha,  da  gaucha  A  droita. 
at  da  haut  an  bat,  an  pranant  la  nombra 
d'imagaa  nAcaaaaira.  Laa  diagrammat  tuivantt 
illuatrant  la  mAthoda. 


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This  story  is  slricll>'  louiukd  upon 
fact,  and  is  dcdicattd  to  all  lo\  al-lK-artfd, 
('fod-ftariiii;  noiuij^  pi-oplc,  who  lia\c  cwn 
the  faintest  llickc-r  of  a  dcsiif  ti»  scrw 
(iod  and  their  |L;cMK-ration. 

( )ur  aim  is  to  show  what  may  be  ac- 
C()nij)l'MK(l,  even  1)\  the  most  obscure 
and  hund  e  in  our  chnrelus.  once  (iod 
the  Holy  .Spirit  is  rico!:;ni/e<i  and  hon- 
ored, and  the  Holy  .Scripture  accepted 
as  the  only  lule  of  faith  and  piactici. 

More  misjht  be  done  than  has  e\"er  been 
attempted  b\  the  younj^  people  of  our 
several  con^rej:,alious,  if  they  could  onl\- 
be  aroused  to  recognize  the  faet  that  they 
liave  ])een  sa\ed  to  ser\e,  and  that  the 
Head  of  the  l)o(ly,  of  which  the\  are  nicin- 
bers,  "came  not  to  be  ministired  unto 
but  to  minister,  and  to  i;i\'e  his  life  a 
ransom  for  many." 

In  our  Christian  democracy-  many  of 

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INTkOlHCTlOX 


the  evils  wliicli  afflict  it  iiiij^lit  he  ])iv- 
vtMitcd  if  our  Nouiiin'  pc()])k'  only  had 
proper  guidance  at  the  outset  and  a  fit 
employment  of  their  youthful  energy, 
fervor,  and  conscious  fellowship  with 
Jesus.  As  in  the  world  so  in  the  con- 
oreoation, 

S.it.ii)  tiiul>  sonic  miscliiff  still 
liir  idle  li.iiuls  to  ilo. 


To  master  him  three  thinj^s  are  neces- 
sary, "  Pra\er  to  (lod,  trust  in  (lod,  and 
plent\-  of  hard  work." 

Over  a  century  a^o  the  Ketterino  pco- 
l)le  were  torn  asunckr  hy  theological 
hair-splittino-,  aiid  the  leal  heart  of  dear 
Andrew  iMiller  was  all  hut  hrokc-n  and 
his  ministry  rendered  all  hut  fruitless, 
until  lhe\  hecanie  intertslL'd  in  the  sal- 
vation of  the  heatlRii  world. 

^hly  our  simple  unadorned  tale  lead 
many  ol  our  Christian  xonno  peoj)]^  "to 
expect  i^real  thinos  from  (lod,  and  to  at- 
tempt oreal  thinos  for  (Wxl.'' 

"Tlu-  luck  is  bent  hy  the  sword,  but 
the  heart  is  hciil  hy  iJU'  heart.''  "Who 
loved  me  and  oave  hiiu.>elf  for  me."    Mav 


INTKoDrCTloX  9 

llic  love  of  Clnist  constrain  us  lo  sit\  ici- 
and  to  sacrifice-  in  loyalt\-  to  liini  who  is 
])()th  Lord  and  Christ. 

A A. 

J  AMAKV,    1900. 


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TlIinriiRTrkX  ()•  BOTANY  HAY 


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P.oTAW    r.AV 


lliiii^s  l),ul   l)c;^iin  iii.ikf  tlifm>el\es  strong'  hy  ill. 

.1/./, '■,///. 

''PHI\  \ciy  UKiUion  of  llio  ])1ace  is  sui;- 
J_  <;t'slive  and  Rniiniscciil  of  odd  char- 
acters and  hard  experiences  in  that  far- 
off  land  to  which  at  one  time  so  nian\ 
ctdjjrils  of  all  kinds  were  deported  f^r 
their  own  and  their  conntrx's  j^ood.  The 
real  Hotanx-  Hay  was  Xew  S<>nth  Wales. 
Anstralia,  Imt  our  *'  Pxitam  "  was  not 
so  far  awaw  II  was  llu'  nick-nanie  of  a 
street  in  the  north  central  diNtiict  of  Clas- 
;^ow. 

Tlu'  street  was  shaped  like  an  L,  the 
short  line  rnnnin*;  dne  West,  and  the 
lon!n  •)ne  dne  Xoith.  It  was  a  loni;  nar- 
row street  of  old  tenement  liouses.  Man\- 
of  them  \\(.  re  tenements  of  one  apai  tnunt, 

II 


12     TIIK    o'Kk'nKX    (       IJOIANV    HAY 

olht'is  had  two  roDins  or  a  room  and  a 
kitchc-ti,  or  wlial  llic  Scotch  term  a  "hut 
and  a  l)cn,"  to  nianv  a  one  tlic  hci<«ht  of 
his  amhition. 

Tlie   flat   ahovc   tlic   street    level    \vas 
reached    hy    an    ontside    stone    stair\\a\ 
with    a    wooden    hand-rail,    and    on    the 
stair-head  or  landin.i^r  there  was  what  is 
familiarly  known  as  a  jawbox,  or  recep- 
tacle for  slops  of  all  kinds,  which  fonnd 
their  way  to  the  sewer  thronj^h  a  "rone" 
or   rnn.      Jlere   and    there  on    the  street 
level  were  small   Imckster  ])laces  for  the 
sale   of   bread,    milk,    vej^etabks,    small- 
wares,  fire-kindlin.^,  and  coals.    In  I5(.tany 
Bay  snch   ])laces  were  a   necessitv  as  the 
folk  there  li\ed  from  hand  to  month,  and 
had  neither  the  accommodation  nor  the 
means  to  bnx  things  in  qnantity. 

Why  was  it  called  "  P.otanv  15av  "  ? 
Uecanse  it  was  a  noted  localit\  into  which 
poor  people  from  all  (inarters  had  been 
crowded  pell-mell  thron.i^h  sheer  force  of 
circnmstances.  It  was  the  last  social 
ditch  in  their  terrible  life  battle  which 
they  could  occupy  before  droppino-  into 
the  pau])er's  j^nave. 


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A  nuinl)cri)f  ihciii,  it  is  (luitc  tnic,  had 
iiottcn  there  entirely  through  their  own 
fault.  vSome  were  shiftless  and  thriftless, 
adrift  all  the  titi.e  and  moved  np  and 
down  by  the  tide  i>f  outward  cirenni- 
stances.  Its  denizens  were  an  intcrtst- 
in<4  stnd)-.  A  larj^e  j)roj)ortion  of  tlu  ni 
were  slaves,  the  willins^  slaves  through 
inheritance  or  n])-l)rin_oino,  (,f  what  wt 
ini<>lit  term  an  all-devonriii;^,  irresistible 
ajipetite  for  Scotch  \\hisk\-. 

Old  Jean  Boyd  was  wont  tosav:  "  It  is 
the  onlie  bit  knmfort  I  hae  in  this  worl'. 
A  wee  draj)  ^^{u\l-  whi>ky.  An  anld  crea- 
tnre  like  me  hnz  at  times  need  o'  it.  Ve 
ken,  it  saftens  the  host  (coiis^h),  and  heli)s 
me  to  breathe  mair  freely  and  naebodv 
c\er  saw  me  the  worse  of  it." 

Whisky  is  the  fell  enemy  of  the  ,Scot, 
hi'^h  or  low,  who  tampers  with  it  as  a 
bevera,L,a\  or  who  ^ives  to  it  any  kind  of 
a  welcome  as  the  friend  of  j^^eniality  and 
l^ood  company. 

Manx  of  the  Hotany  Bay  folk  were  well 
connected,  ])nt  felt  nnecjnal  to  their  life 
battle  in  a  more  respectable  nei<,dil)or- 
hood,  thronj^h   inability  to  pav  rent  and 


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taxes,  and  to  dress  in  accordance  w  ith 
society's  demands.  They  felt  tlienisel  es 
slninted  into  a  sidini^^  on  life's  onat  liij^li- 
way  from  the  seen  to  the  nnseen.  Others 
were  so  low  down  on  the  hidder  of  social 
strnowlcastohave  lost  lono  a^o  all  hope 
as  to  j^ettino-  np  hi,i,dier  and  were  now 
satisfied  to  live  and  die  in  "  Botanx  Bay." 

The  place  had  its  name  because  all 
decent  people  had  been  led  by  common 
report  to  reo;ard  it  as  a  locality  crowded 
with  hard  cases,  n.. canny  persons,  social 
danjrcrs.  lint  we  are  not  aware  that  it 
was  known  to  harbor  an>-  thieves  or  pros- 
titntes.  Its  denizens,  so  far  as  known, 
had  not  snnk  so  low  as  that,  thon<rh  they 
mip^ht  be  next  neiohbors  to  it  by  pover- 
ty's hard  pressure. 

vStronj^r  drink  and  poverty,  with  all  that 
it  brin>,rs  in  its  train  of  trials, — failure  to 
pay  rent  and  taxes,  hostility  to  the  col- 
lector, the  bailiff,  the  constable,  and  the 
city  missionary  of  a  certain  type, — made 
that  street  what  it  was,  "  P.otany  Bay." 

It  was  in  everybody's  mouth  that  au- 
thority could  not  be  enforced,  debt  could 
not  be  collected,  nor  could  the  oospd  of 


HoTANV    I?AV 


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the  <;i"ace  of  (iod  l)c  preached  as  in  oUui 
parts  of  the  cit\,  without  huiniliatiii}; 
insults  and  bodily  injuries.  Whosoever 
entered  there  in  the  interests  of  either 
the  law  or  the  gospel  had  to  be  in  pos- 
session of  all  his  wits,  and  on  the  alert 
for  the  contents  of  the  jawbox  or  sonie- 
thinj^  worse,  which  can  i)nl\-  be  hinted 
at,  and  for  a  hail-shower  of  broken  delft, 
attended  by  the  use  of  words  unfit  to  be 
seen  in  print. 

It  was  an  acquired  voCtd)ular\',  and 
somewhat  extensive,  and  as  brouj^ht  into 
use  j^ave  the  cold  shivers  to  one  unac- 
customed to  such  profanity  and  fdtli  ;  and 
yet  these  people  once  spoke  a  pure  lan- 
<>ua<>;e  and  were  clean-hearted  and  (iod- 
fearini^s  in  a  manner.  ICvil  communica- 
tions had  corrupted  oood  manners,  and 
now  they  wc  c  down  in  the  pit  of  moral 
filth  with  the  rest.  When  a  man  falls  he 
falls  low  ;  but  when  a  woman  falls  she 
falls  lower  still  in  the  scale  of  morals. 
It  is  her  nature  to  do  so. 

Many  of  those  poor  people  had  had 
<y()o:\  chances  in  life  in  the  way  of  educa- 
tion, relij^nous  traininjr,  and  pure,  health- 


it 


c**taK!!£^-t2s-va. 


l6     TIM-;    O'KKTIUN    U'    BOTAXV    UAV 


fill  sr  •ouiulinj^s — the  children  of  a  liihle- 
loviiio;  and  (iod-fearinj;^  parcnta<ic.  They 
had  received  all  and  left  their  father's 
house,  and  now  they  were  in  that  far 
coiintr\  li\in<>  and  feedin<,^  with  the  moral 
swine-herd.  To  awaken  reminiscences  of 
fiunier  days  was  to  soften  the  heart  that 
had  ji^rown  hard  throiifjh  moral  dulin- 
qiieiicy,  and  canse  the  eyes  to  fill  and  the 
h\^  salt  tears  to  start  and  tumble  over 
eacli  other  as  they  nr  de  their  way  in 
haste  down  tluir  hcj^rimed  faces,  and 
then  the  head  would  ^o  down  in  shame 
and  the  heart  sol)  out  its  grief,  as  we 
have  often  heard  it : 

"Oh,  my  (iod,  huz  it  really  come  to 
this?  Hae  I  really  forgotten  a' ?  Huz 
a'  slipp'd  awa'  frae  me,  am  I  an  ootcast, 
and  maun  I  aye  remain  sae?  I  belang 
tae  decent  clean  folk.  I  hae  disgraced 
my  faether's  name,  and  sinnM  times  oot  o' 
niimher  against  my  auld  mither's  prayers! 
I  had  a  gnde  godl\-  mither  and  a  religious 
upbringing,  and  noo  I  am  no  worthy  o' 
bein'  seen  in  decent  company,  and  my 
claes  and  my  habits,  which  are  the  waist 
of   it  a',  maun   bnrv  me  alive  wliere   I 


MOTANV    1!.\V 


17 


sliouM  liac  nac  place  ava.  Oli,  my  (lod, 
I  am  110  worthy  o'  your  notice.  I  am 
1100  clean  past  a'  redemption,  and  tae 
press  my  claim  upon  thee  for  j)eety  or 
for  pa\vrd<Mi  would  be  to  affront  a  holy 
and  just  (iod." 

This  was  the  sad  wail  of  a  man  who 
still  had  marked  traces  of  former  respect- 
ability. He  was  a  larj^c  man,  well  built, 
with  a  handsome  face  and  a  well-formed 
head.  He  was  by  occupation  a  o;rain 
shoveler  at  the  harbor,  but  he  had  within 
a  thousand  yards  of  his  home  a  relative 
who  was  a  Doctor  of  Divinity  and  the 
pastor  of  a  laro;c  cony^re^ation.  His  poor 
wife  was  a  contirmed  invalid,  a  woman 
of  a  beautiful  spirit,  and  deeply  interested 
in  her  husband's  welfare.  The  neijrhbors 
said  : 

"  She  iz  deein  o'  a  waestin'  (consump- 
tion). She  iz  as  mide  a  woman  as  there 
iz  in  a'  Botauv,  and  she  iz  no  lan<r  fur 
this  worP  and  would  like  tae  speak  tae  ye 
on  speeritual  thinos.  She  huz  aye  dune 
the  best  she  co"'d  and  has  been  a  <r»de 
wife  and  mither.  He  himser  iz  no  sic  a 
bad  fallow,  if  he  would  onlie  let  the  whis- 

H 


l»ni*iin|-i 


iN    Tin.  (»'i:kti  u.\  o'  jiotanv  n.w 

k\  alam-.  Oh,  t'at.-  sec  Ikt,  for  she  hiiz 
jisl  a  wtc-  whik-  hiiv  and  woiihl  like  tat- 
j^anj.^  awa'  tae  iiuil  her  Cod." 

In  iJolany  Uay  ihiu-  \\\w  dianiomls 
and  pearls  worth  seekin-^  amid  all  its 
moral  nd)l)ish  and  dirt. 

Two  ><»nn,<i  lads  l)\  a  strange  Provi- 
dence hecanie  deeply  interested  in  these 
folk.  Till  ir  ( '\vn  hearts  had  heen  toiiehed 
and  softens!  hy  (hxI  the  H(.l\-  Spirit 
throiioh  the  word,  and  they  had  been  led 
to  make  a  complete  snrrender  of  them- 
seKes  to  Christ,  hnt  onlv  after  a  lon<'- 
.strn.tiolf  to  Ik. 1(1  hy  the  world  and  their 
own  self-ri,L;hteonsne.s.s.  Neither  of  them 
had  heen  what  mioht  Ik-  called  hard 
cases,  \  et  it  was  a  battle  before  thev  conld 
lay  down  their  wea.juMis  of  rebellion  to 
trnst  and  serve  Christ  alone. 

P.oth  of  them  had  had  a  careful  relio-. 
ions  edncation  and  traininj^,  but  nntil  a 
little  before  this  time  had  had  no  experi- 
nuntal  knowlc^o-e  of  spiritnal  relioion. 
They  irscd  a  form  of  pra\er,  had  had  a 
respect  for  relij^non,  and  knew  the  Bible 
well.  Learned  in  the  family  and  the 
school,  ninch  of  it  was  known   to  them 


~ fc^uft'  ^^m.u.ti'AM.'isb^hMt^': 


ItoT.WV    WW 


l«> 


1)V  role,  ;m(l  main  «>f  ils  biMiilil'iil  j)a.s- 
saj4x>  wciv  appiitiatid  aii<l  (jiioUd  witli 
(klij;lit.  Vit  tluN  tlitl  iH'l  kimw  J».sii>as 
a  personal  t'ri«.tul  and  Sa\  ioin,  Saxioiir  «tl' 
siniKrs  and  Kinj^  of  saints. 

One-  (tf  llitMn  stood  in  tin- same  relation 
to  the  otiier  tliat  Andrew  did  to  liis  own 
brother.  He  made  his  ae(|naintanec  at 
a  reli«;ions  meeting;-,  and  stnek  to  him 
like  a  brother  nntil  in  the  end  he  w  's 
l)ron<.jht  to  Jesns.  I'or  many  years  lluy 
were  elinnis  in  e\e!\  |l;oo<1  work,  and  all 
thronoh  their  collej^e  eareer. 

The  two  lads  often  had  lon<4  walks  lo- 
j^ether,  and  in  their  eonrse  won  hi  open 
the  heart  to  eacli  other,  and  it  was  soon 
discovered  that  their  thonj^hts  and  their 
plans  were  alike.  Hoth  desired  to  j^row 
in  j^race  and  in  the  knowkdi^e  of  onr 
Lord  and  Sa\  ionr  Jesns  Christ,  and  to  he 
//Vv,  nseftd  men.  Wlu  n  the  liotany  folk 
were  brought  to  their  notice  they  were 
at  the  time  actively  interested  in  Chris- 
tian work,  and  were  doint;;  the  best  tlR\- 
knew  how,  in  a  (piiet,  nnobserved  way,  to 
reach  down  to  those  who  were  still  lower 
down  in  the  social  scale,  and  who  thron<>li 


2u   Tin-  u'krtl-rx  o'  botanv  bay 

force  of  circuinstances  more  than  their 
own  ne<,Wect  were  out  of  the  reach  of  the 
saviiij^  message. 

On  a  Lord's  Day  afternoon,  tarh  in  the 
suninier  of   1859,  the   two   huls  stood  to- 
•^cther  in  front  of  the  chnrch  door  look- 
in.i,r  toward  P,otany  P.ay.   Tlie  police-  were 
niakino   a  raid   that   afternoon    npon   its 
denizens,   and   shortly   fonr  of  thtin   ap- 
peared carryin<r  out   a   white-haired  vet- 
eran  of   the   cross,  who  had   been  badlv 
hnrt,  was  hleedinjr  i)rofnsely,  and  seemed 
more  dead  than  alive.     The  inqnirv  was  : 
"Wiio   is   it?     What   lias    ha])pened  ? 
Has  lie  been  fiohtin^^r?     is  he  one  of  the 
r.otany  folk  ?  " 

"  Xo,  he  is  the  anld  missionarv  ami 
was  holdinn;  a  meetino-  when  he  was 
struck  down  by  a  broken  bottle,  and 
now  he  is  beinj^-  carried  out  more  like  a 
dyincr  than  a  living  man." 

Then  the  passers-by  said  :  *'  What  a 
shame  that  such  things  should  take  place 
on  a  vSabbath  Day  and  in  a  Christian 
land!  The  folk  o'er  there  are  worse  than 
the  .  .ican  Hottentots,— the  villains,— 
the  jiolice  ought  to  show  them  no  niercv." 


^ 


H()TAN\     I!AV 


21 


It  was  iiuUcd  a  sad  sit;ht,  and  revealed 
a  di>ties>int;  stale  of  morals  in  I'otaiu- 
I?a\- ;  but  il  set  the  two  lads  tliinkiiii;-, 
and  it  was  not  in  \;iin  or  for  nan<;lit 
that  the  old  missionary  had  been  strnck 
down  at  the  post  of  dnt\'.  Vet  this  in- 
cident only  tended  to  confirm  the  public 
in  the  opinion  that  the  I>t)tany  folk  were 
a  wicked,  _i;ood-for-nolhin«^  lot,  and  ouj^ht 
to  1)^  left  to  themselves  to  complete  their 
own  wreckaj^e  in  that  dirty  hole  of  a 
place. 

The  ill  nsaj^e  of  the  old  servant  of 
(^lod  for  a  lime  put  a  stop  to  all  mission- 
ary operations  there,  as  such  work  de- 
manded both  coura_<;e  and  discretion,  and 
to  a  larj^e  decree  sanctified  common  sense. 
And  gumption,  or  oood  sense,  is  not  one 
of  those  thiiii^s  for  which,  as  yet,  onr  col- 
lej^es  ha\e  i)ro\ided. 

It  turned  out  that  the  wounded  mis- 
sionary did  not  quite  understand  human 
nature.  He  bejjan  work  at  the  wron<r 
end,  usurpiuij^  a  ])lace  far  beyond  him, 
makini^;  it  his  ])articular  business,  in  tlu' 
harshest  of  tones  and  with  the  most  \  io- 
leiit    <;esturcs,  to    ]>ronounce    a    jieople's 


22     THK    O'KKTIKX    ()'    HOTAXV    I5AV 

(loom  instead  of  (lili\eriii<^  the  word  of 
reconciliation,  tcllin<;  oi:t  the  love  and 
power  of  the  vSaviour.  In  all  trne,  effect- 
ive evan-elisni,  the  law's  terrors  have 
their  place,  Imt  at  that  ])articnlar  mo- 
ment in  P.otany  l?ay  they  were  ont  of 
place,  and  only  exoked  resentment  and 
the  shower  of  missiles  that  nearly  ended 
his  career  as  a  street  jireacher. 

Vet  the  j)o()r  man  was  doin*;  the  best 
he  knew  how,  and  deserved  the  ntmost 
sympathy  in  his  effort  to  lift  his  fellows 
to  a  hiohc-r  moral  plane  in  tlieir  life  bat- 
tle. Who  knows  bnt  his  very  ])]nnders 
made  it  easier  for  those  who  came  after 
him,  attenii)tins;  the  same  work  in  a  more 
lowly  spirit,  and  by  more  natural  meth- 
ods. Is  it  not  trne?  The  most  effective 
lessons  in  life  arc  those  we  receive  by 
stron,i,r  contrasts.  In  ao«.ivssive  Chris- 
tian work,  we  are  too  ajjt  to  bej^in  as 
"sons  of  llninder"  to  the  belittlenient  of 
"the  small,  still  voice,"  and  the  spirit  of 
Him  who  breaks  not  the  brnised  reed  and 
docs  not  snnff  ont  the  smokin^,^  flax. 


CHAI'TICR   II 
()\   ci.ASc.ow  (;ki;i;\ 

poor  xms  of  toil  ;  oil,  >;riul>,'c  llu'in  not  tlu-  hrcivi' 
rii.it  pl.ivs  with  S.ibb.uh  lloucr-.  ;  tlic  ( loiids  that 
])l,iy 

Willi  S,ii)l).ith  wiiuls  ;  tlu'  luiin  of  S.ihh.ith  liro  ; 
The  S.ihhath  walk  ;  the  >kyl.irk's  Sahhath  lay  ; 
'I'hc  >ilcin  Miiisliinc  of  the  Sabbath  ilav. 


''J'^inC  ''(ircvn"'  was  the  pfopU's  park 
j^  and  al  that  tiim.-  was  iIk-  only  open 
space  where (ilasi^niw'soxercrow (led  jHipn- 
lation  of  slru}^<4lin_!^  ])oor  coidd  meet  and 
freelv  hreathe  nntainted  air.  It  is  a  park 
of  about  three  hnndred  acres,  and  ex- 
tends from  (loal  vStpiare  at  foot  of  the 
"  vSaltmarket,"  on  the  west,  to  "Aliens- 
pen"  near  Rnthert^len  I^rid^^e  on  the 
southeast  ;  on  the  north  it  is  bounded  bv 
(ireendvke  vStreet,  Monteilh  Row,  Xew- 
hall  Terrace,  and  Cireenside  vStreet,  and 
on  the  south  by  the  River  Clyde,  then  a 
comparati\el\-  pure  stream. 

This   exlensixe   common  was  laid   <int 


-^4     THK    o'KKTtkX    o'    HOTAXV    HAV 

in    hcautifiil,    WL-ll-niadc   walks,   and    in 
many  i)art.s   was   well  wooded   with   elm 
and  beech  trees  of  oieat  a-e,  snch  as  the 
Lover's  Loan,  the  Kin<r's  Park,  and  the 
river   hank  of   the   "  Flesher's   Han.<,di." 
Near  the  "  roon  "  seat,  there  is  a  pnl>lic 
j^^vmnasium,  well   ])atroni/.ed.     All    over 
the  Creen,  seats  in  abundance  were  i)ro- 
vided  for  iniblic  nse,  and  there  were  also 
sprino^   wc-lls,  soin(    of   which    were   said 
to  possess  medicin.  ,   virtnes,  snch  as  the 
"Kye  Well."      Bnt    the   wells  are   oone, 
and    the   waters   of    Loch    Katrine  \ikJ 
their    place,    as    the    pnblic    health    de- 
manded it. 

The  (ireen  was  the  yonn<.,r  people's  re- 
sort, where  they  conld  roll   and    tnnible 
about  at  will  and  play  oanies  of  all  kinds 
free  from    police  interference  ;   ronnders 
(l)aseball),  cricket,   football,  etc.      It  was 
also  the  favorite  resort  of  political  agita- 
tors, social   economists,  open-ai-   preach- 
ers, and    the    ojiponcnts  of   all  religion. 
vSabbath    afternoon    and   evenin,tr  it   was 
dotted   with  cono-reo-ations  of  a'u  kinds, 
and  these  ser\ed  as  a  kind  of  safety  valve 
to    control    and    temper   the  destnictive 


i^i 


ox    C.I.ASC.OW    C.RI'.r.N 


forces  of  the  all  l)iU  iiKKhkiied,  toilitit;-, 
stn^,i^■_^■linlL,^  slarviiiiL;'  thonsaiids,  and  ttiis 
of  tliousaiuls  of  that  j^reat  eity.  ( )ut  in 
the  fresh  air  they  had  clhow  room,  the 
rijuht  of  i)nl)lie  meeting-  to  vent  their 
j^nic'vanees,  proponnd  their  theories  of 
redress,  and  proclaim  a  social  and  politi- 
cal millenninm,  and  then  they  returned 
home  in  some  measnre  unloaded  of  the 
sense  of  their  terrible  wroni^s,  to  fall  into 
line  once  more  to  o;o  thronj^h  the  drnd<:^- 
ery,  the  awful  drudgery,  of  their  hum- 
drum daily  life. 

"  In  the  da\s  of  childhood,"  sa\s  Jack, 
"the  Circen  was  a  delightful  place  to  go 
to,  specially  the  '  Laigh  (ireen  '  with  its 
abundance  of  gowans  (daisies),  dande- 
lions, groundsel,  and  goldenrod.  It  was 
the  bairns'  paradise,  and  yet  in  the  gloam- 
ing it  was  their  dread,  because  of  its 
'  Will  o'  the  wisp'  and  the  peat  ])(>g  into 
which  it  wa  to  lead  them.      On    the 

riwr  l)aidv  .e  numer  ■  ,  wells,  and 
choice  bathing  sjm>1s,  which  in  summer 
and  fall,  earl\-  and  late,  were  crowded 
with  bathers.  It  was  a  great  health  re- 
sort   and    prized     In-    thousands    of    the 


2()     TlIK    o'l-kTlKX    ()'    HOTANV    I5AV 

]a])()iiiio  |)()()r,  for  iIric  llicy  could  not 
only  air  llunistlvcs  and  tla-ir  j^riivanccs, 
but    the    women   folk    could   brin;/    with 


them  the  we;k's  wash,  and  there  bleach 
and  dry  the  clothes,  and  ha\e  a  day's 
ontins^-  as  well  as  labor.  The  (rrcen  was 
and  is  still  a  great  boon  to  the  people/' 


ON  i;i,Asc.()\v  (iki:i:N 


All  over  the  world  to-da\  ihtiv  are 
tens  of  lliousaiuls  of  (ilasj^^ow's  eliildreii 
who  eaii  yet  he  moved  to  tears  hy  the 
very  mention  of  it,  as  it  reealls  the  (la\s 
of  happy  childhood  in  the  (ireen,  and  on 
the  banks  of  the  honny  Cl\(le. 

Jack  lM)Nier  sa\s  he  remend)ers  man\- 
.threat  meetint^s  in  the  (ireen,  hnt  the 
,t;reatest  of  all  was  the  one  addressed  hy 
I'erj^ns  O'Connor,  which  was  held  near 
Xelson's  monnnient,  and  at  which  it  is 
said  there  were  at  least  one  luindred 
thonsand  people.  The  whole  city  was 
''or  fctrr  The  different  trades,  and 
trades-unions  were  ont  in  force  with 
brass  and  fife  bands,  banners,  and  ile- 
vices  of  all  kinds.  The  police  and  mili- 
tary were  on  the  alert  to  suppress  riot. 

At  one  of  those  j^^reat  meetings  of  the 
nnemployed.  Chartists,  a  deputation  was 
appointed  to  wait  npon  the  anthorilies 
to  demand  work  or  bread;  but  when  re- 
ceived they  had  what  was  termed  scurvy 
treatment,  and  it  was  then  decided  that 
the  time  had  come  for  cpiiet  endnrance 
to  end,  and  for  them  to  seek  forcible  re- 
dress.     Kver\  body  should  now  help  him- 


^1 


'J 


28     Till';    o'KkTrKN    ()'    noTANV    I'.AV 

self   to  wliatcvcr   he  could  <;et,  as   there 
was  eiioujrh  and  to  s])aie  for  all. 

The  oranaries   were  full,  st>   were  the 
stores  and  the   bakeries,  and   thousands 
were   droppino    into   the   ditch    thronj^di 
sheer  starvation,  as  there  was   no  work, 
and    bread    was   at   famine   j)rices.     The 
ontrotne  was  the   (;ias<,row   riot,  one  of 
the  saddest  events  in  the  history  of  Scot- 
land's jrreat  commercial  metropolis,  and 
niio;ht     be    termed     its    darkest     i)eriod. 
Martial   law  was  proclaimed,  and  every- 
where could  be  heard  the  tramp  of  armed 
men.      Many  valuable   lives   were  sacri- 
ficed to  obtain  the  amelioration  of  social 
conditit)ns. 

On  the  Lord's  Day  morn,  from  four  to 
nine  o'clock,  the  poorest  of  the  poor  were 
out  by  the  thousands  on  the  Green  to 
^^et  a  breath  of  (;od's  free  fresh  air  and  a 
drink  of  the  best  of  water  at  Aaron's 
well.  This  early  hour  was  their  outing, 
the  snnninor  and  sunny  time  of  their 
hard  life,  when  t^iey  could  breathe  in 
another  world,  gain  an  inklino-  of  its 
beauties,  birds,  trees,  flowers,  river,  and 
dale,    and    in    the    distance    "  Cathkin's 


ox    (■.I..\S(;u\V    C.KIJCN 


2y 


boiniy  hracs,"  The  (iiveii  was  ati  out- 
let from  the  hill  of  life  into  the  hlessed 
j)iirity  and  liberty  of  natuie.  These 
poor  people  were  nowhere  in  si<rht  when 
decent  chnreh-<^n)in»;  people  wire  abroad. 
Hefore  the  city  bells  had  eonuniiiced  to 
toll  for  service  in  the  different  chnrches, 
like  rats  they  had  taken  to  tlii-ir  holes, 
and  wonld  not  be  seen  a.i;ain  nntil  the 
s^loaniino-,  when  the  darkness  wonld  pnt 
a  new  face  on  their  seedy,  worn-ont,  tat- 
tered wraps,  and  make  reco<;nition  diffi- 

iMlll. 

Silas  Stirlinj^  and  Jack  Iu)ster  had  been 
readin<i;-  mnch  abont  the  FnUon  Street 
daily  prayer  meeting-  in  New  York  Citv, 
and  the  <rreat  reliijions  awakening;-  which 
in  answer  to  prayer  was  the  ontconie 
and  of  its  blessin<^s  extcndinj^  to  the 
north  of  Ireland.  Thonsands  were  Ijcinjr 
brono:ht  to  the  foot  of  the  cross,  and  (iod 
was  nsinn^  the  most  nnlikely  persons  to 
effect  his  own  pnrposc.  The  Holy  Spirit 
nsed  this  knowled<;e  to  fire  their  yonn^- 
hearts  to  prayer  and  to  special  effort  in 
Christian  service. 

Thev  had  an  inklino-  of  their  own  io-- 


T,n     TIIK   <)*i:krrKN    ()'    HOTAW    MAY 


iioiaiici'  :iti(l  wt-akiicss  and  shrank  from 
fillin<,'-  a  conspicuous  j)lacv  in  ihv  Master's 
vineyard     TIk-x  would  turn  to  tla-  out- 
cast  classes  and   seek   them   at  suih   an 
hour  of   the  dax  and    in   such    places  as 
would  prevent   their  hein.^   bronuht   into 
public  notice.      They   would   oive  what 
they  had  freely  received  to  the  thousands 
of  friendless  poor  who  were  wanderinjr, 
as    sheep    without    a    shepherd,    tellinj^^ 
them  of  a  Saviour's   love,  confident  that 
they    would    care  for    the   niessaoe  itself 
more  than  for   its  settiuo    in  fu\c  words 
and  hcantifiil  imatvery.     They  were  will- 
ing- to  allow  the  Holy  ('.host  to  use  them, 
and   believed   that  if  thcv  had  anvthin<r 
to  say  words  would  be  found  to  express  it. 
Hut   tliey    would   attempt   nothing   aside 
f'om   Bible  study  and  prayer,  and  thev 
would  jrive  the  heart  the  utmost  freedom, 
assured  that  in  the  end  honestv  of  pur- 
pose   and    warmth    of    affection     would 
conquer  the  most  hardened.     They  un- 
derstood  that  the  oospel   was  "  the  word 
of  reconciliation,"  that  the   vSon  of  God 
as  the  vSon  of  Man  "  came  not  to  condemn, 
but  to  .save  the  world." 


ON  (;i..\S(;()\v  (;ki:i:\ 


3» 


'I'lic  two  ><'M11^  iVii'iuls  How  lnotij^lit 
to  oiii"  Holier  had,  alUi  iiiiuh  llioiis-lit 
and  (.ariu>l  |)ia\tr,  iikkK-  a  i-o\iiiaiit 
to  he  loyal  to  Christ  and  i  ach  ollui-  in  a 
j^ospcl  criisadc  ol'  a  niodrst  ihaiaiii  i  on 
(ilas^ow  (itviii.  Their  In.ait>  went  out 
in  compassion  for  its  ninllilncks  who  on 
the  carl\-  nioriiinj^  of  tlu-  Lord's  Day 
availed  ihenisehes  of  an  outini;  in  the 
"caller  "  (fresh)  air. 

It  was  indeed  a  modest  \entnre,  anti  a 
more  darim^  one  ne\er  entered  their 
youno  heads,  an  early  morning;  service  at 
the  "  roon  "  seat,  Kinj^'s  Park,  on  the  hii^li 
jjround  overlookinj"-  Mesher's  Ilautrh,  a 
noted  c< truer. 

vSilas  hy  mutual  aoreenient  was  the 
leader  of  the  psalnio(1\ ,  jack  at  the  out- 
set readi  r  and  ])reacher,  and  afterward 
it  was  taken  in  turn,  so  tlure  was  a  divi- 
sion of  1  Sor.  It  was  an  effort  which 
love  prompted  in  behalf  of  an  r.tterlv 
ne«,-lected  class,  made  out  of  siuht  of 
those  who  kne\.  them  and  who  would 
he  likely  to  criticize  it. 

The  audience  from  the  very  outset  was 
made  up  of  hundreds  of  poor  creatures 


32     THK   ()'i:kTIK.\    u'    IIOTAW    I'.AV 

htiM-vrin^^r  ;  ,r  a  kindly  wctd  and  a  hioth- 
crly  ivcooniiion,  in  tluir  la-s  and  want. 
Poor  ptopli-,  many  of  llicin  had  slrpt  ont 
all  niolit  in  ih^  (,j,t.,i  air;  others  had 
stolen  out  from  tluir  dark,  close-,  fetid 
dens,  to  obtain  a  hrcath  of  ('.od's  j^ood 
"caller  "air,  a  hlink  of  the- snn,  and  to 
hear  the-  wee  hirdie-s  sin,o;  i,,  the  stillness 
of  his  holy  vSahhath  morn. 

The  si^ht  of  these  early  stn.llers  wns 
one  nexer  to  he  forj-otten.  Ii  was  a  rev- 
elation (.f  the  privations  that  some  have 
to  snffe-r  in  life  to  the  enrichment  and 
comfort  of  others. 

The  me.-  ijre  which  the  laddies  carried 
to   these    waifs   of  society    was,  as    Jack 
puts   it,  -The   story  o'  a   faither's   I'ove, 
and  a  vSavionr's  hritherly  sympathy  and 
self-sacrifice   upon    Calvary's  rude  beam 
of  torture,  made   red   wi'  liis  ain    life's 
bluid,  to  atone   for  and    to   jmt   awa'  a' 
your  sins,  and  to  win   you  for  (lod,  and 
frae  the  evil  to  the  ^xnlc.      He  is  the  freen 
o'  every  one  o'  you,  loves  you,  and  died 
on  the  cross  for  you  all." 

"  It  was  always  a  talk,  and  never  a  ser- 
mon.    Such    a    thin<,r    uas   out    of    our 


•I 


()\  (.i,AS(i()\v  (;ki:i.;.\ 


i3 


llioii^'hts,  mid  tlif  only  aiwiniUMit  iistd 
In-  us  was  that  of  txiKiitiux-,  and  in  its 
ns(.'  we  liad  hluid  tamest mss,  l)(.lii\  in^ 
in  a  livin,t,^  l()\in<4,  alniij^Iiix  Christ,  as 
an  ahidinj^-  i)ivstiKx." 

Wlien  thcv  faced  that  crowd  of  lnin<nv 
and  poorlv  chid  outcasts,  it  was  with  heart 
tenderness.      The\-  had  something,'  to  say 
and  it  was  said  in   the  doric  of  i]:e  \\\st 
of  vScothiud,  and  in  a  wa>  that  the  dullest 
and  nu)st  illiterate  of  that  niotlev  throujr 
could  understand.     It  was  a  Ixdd  venture, 
but    they    were    oblivions    of    anv    risk. 
Their  love  to  Jesus  blinded   tluiu  to  all 
else  but  the  salvation  :.f  that  cr')wd   of 
men  and  women  so  far  away  from  Cod 
and  rioht  livino.      They  did  not  cast  their 
ill  deeds  in   their  teeth,  but  did  all   that 
could   be  done  to  lead   them    to  see  the 
love  of  (;od   in  a   vSaviour   who   is   love 
itself. 

If  the  weather  was  fine  and  the  morn-- 
iu<;  warm  and  -vnial,  you  mioht  find  at 
the  "round  seat"  as  uiany  as  from  six 
hundred  to  one  thousan»l  jK-rsons,  some- 
times uiore.  oathered  to  hear  the  laddies 
sinor  and  tell  the  j^ospel  messaoe.      They 

c 


34     '''HI-:    o'KKTrkX    ()'    HOTANV    IJAV 

had  iiothino-  to  qixe  away  ])ul  love,  and 
tluy  had  h)ve  in  rc-ttn-n,  and  many  a 
"(iod  bless  you,  laddies.  Yon  hae  dune 
us  s^ude,  and  it's  real  kind  o'  you  to  think 
()'  us,  and  come  tae  help  us  at  this  eavlv 
hour  o'  the  da\-.  God  Almichty  wnll  re- 
ward you,  his  ain  l)airns.  It's  like  liini- 
self  tae  dae  this  kin'  o'  wark  and  a'  for 
uaethino;."  They  said  the  very  pleasure 
of  doino  it  was  more  than  money  or 
money's  worth,  and  the  love  and  appre- 
ciation ex]>resse(l  in  the  fac'\s  of  l)oth  old 
and  younj^-  was  reward  enou<;li  for  any 
self-denial  on  their  jiart. 

(k)  to  the  forei_L;n.  field  l)y  all  means  ; 
its  need  is  oreat  and  the  laborers  but  few 
compared  with  its  millions  ;  but  first  take 
a  look  at  your  doorstep.  See  that  von 
are  not  steppin|L!^  o\er  some  poor  creature 
on  the  very  brink  of  perdition,  who  mi«^ht 
be  .saved  b\-  a  sympathetic  look  and  a 
word  fitly  sjioken.  vStoop  down  as  Jesus 
did.  ''  He  Innnbled  himself."  Jack's 
oranuie,  speaking  of  the  romance  of  mis- 
sions, was  wont  to  sav  :  "  P'ar-awav  birds 
hae  bonny  feathers."  The  man  who  has 
the    pluck   and    the    tact   to  do  mission 


ox  (ii.Asc.ow  (;ri;i:\ 


35 


ucjik  at  home  is  the  kind  of  niaii  iKcdcd 
abroad. 

The  hoy  preachers  were  loved  hy  these 
poor,  iie.i,rlecte(l  folk,  because  the\  hroiiolit 
themselves  down  to  their  level,  ii.siii-4  the 
laii.i^tiaoe  of  every  da\  and  the  simple.st 
of  illustrations  to  riw  t  the  truths  of  the 
.i^osjK'l  upon  the  heart  and  the  conscience. 
In  the  earnestness  of  si)eakin,o  the\-  were 
not  afraid  to  \iolate  rules  of  urammar 
and  correct  st\  le. 

Until    the   season    was   well    advanced 
(iod    continued     to    prosper     the    Creen 
ineetinos  ;  then  provision  had  to  l)e  made 
tor  a  service  within  doors.   Jack  obtained 
from   his  tutor   the  use  of  the   borouoh 
scIu>ol  on  the  conditi<)n   that    he  would 
heat  it  and  keep  it  clean.      It  was  aoreed. 
"  It  was  no  easy  task,"  said  Jack,  "  to 
tackle  all  this  of  a  Lord's  Day  morniu,<r 
before    breakfast.       I'irst    kindle    a    ^lrt^ 
then  swccj)  out  and  dust  the  laroe  ro.,m, 
act  as  usher,  and   then   step  to  the  desk 
to   lead   the  devotions  and    tell    the  -os- 
pcl  messa.i;e.     The  house  cleauin<^r  could 
not  be  done  before,  as  the  room  was  usvd 
on  the  Saturday  evenino   f,„-  cheap  c<mi- 


V>     I'm".  <>'i;u'irKN  o'  isotanv  uav 

(.Tils."  T1k-\'  had  to  I)f  caic'-takc-r  and 
])ivacdn.r  by  turns  and  wi-ix-  nol  ashamed 
ol'  it.      It  was  joyons  scrxicc. 

(iod  t;aw  ihcin  Ur-  l)c'()[)k-,  the  Ilnly 
vSpirit  did  his  own  work  in  their  hearts, 
and  (inilr  a  number  were-  brought  into 
the  kingdom.  .Sonu-  of  those  people 
eame  lon^  distanct--  to  listen  to  the  boy 
])r(.aelKrs. 

'iMic  Loi'd's  I)a\-  was  a  day  of  sc-rviees: 
(.arly  niorniut;  meeting;  in  the  boroiif^h 
school  ;  I'hurch  pra\cr  UKelinj^-  at  ten 
o'clock  ;  church  ser\  ice  at  eleven  and  at 
two ;  school  at   fue. 

The  (ireeii  meetint^s  recall  an  extraor- 
dinary- season  of  religions  awakcuinj^ 
and  rich  siMritnal  l)lessin<4-.  Hundreds 
Wire  led  to  seek  an  interest  in  Christ, 
and  the  heroes  of  our  story  had  no  more 
useful  days  than  those  spent  in  the  in- 
terests of  the  lunnble  poor  who  fre- 
(pientcd  ti.j  (ireen. 


4 


cii.\pti:r  III 


JACK   i()S'n;us  dark   days 

Man' s  iiihum.initv   tn   m.ni 

M.ikfs  ((nintk-~^  tIi'iii'-,m(l->  luiuirn. 

SOMI*:  of  those  poor  folk  said:  ''Jack 
I'ostc  T  is  nar  ctiif,  hut  a  lad  o'  Sfii^e, 
and  will  yd  be  a  useful  man."  'i'liis  lo 
him  was  more  than  an\  other  i^rsou's 
apjirobation.  Me  was  hinrsrlf  a  child  of 
I'roxidence  and  kut'W  his  I""athei's  care, 
and  could  read  these  poor  folk  liki'  a  hook, 
as  lie  had  had  much  of  their  own  hard  ix- 
j)cricnce  of  life  and  its  storm  and  stress. 
He  had  stood  alone  for  \ears.  (lod  in 
Christ  was  the  only  near  and  ^ood  friend 
he  had.  Xo  other  yoinii^  man  of  his 
acquaintance  and  at  his  time  of  life  had 
a  like  experience.  It  had  been  painful, 
hut  it  was  priceless  and  of  or^at  ser\ice 
in  a  mission  to  help  others. 

He  was  the  son  of  a  nou  commissione<1 
ofificer  in  the  Royal  Scots,  who  died  w  hen 


3^    'nil';  o'l'.kTrkN"  o'  hotanv  hav 

Ik-  was  hut  in  liis  tliird  year.  lie  had 
hut  a  (Hill  shadowy  iiRiiioiy  of  his  falhti. 
He  iviiKinhtixd  hciiit;  set  up  on  a  lii,L;h 
cliair  to  he  shorn  of  liis  j^oldeu  rin<;]ets, 
and  his  inotlier's  tearful  protest.  Poor 
woiiian,  she  afterward  had  her  own  moth- 
er as  well  as  her  fatht-rless  b'-\-  to  su]v 
port  ;  but  as  ioiii^  as  grannie  lived  things 
]>rosi)ered  and  home  comforts  were  plen- 
tiful. 

r>ut  orannie  died,  looking  to  Jesus. 
Then  there  came  the  potato  failure  and 
the  relapsino  fever  ;  money  *»rew  scarce 
and  work  was  difficult  to  obtain.  Stru<r- 
mliii<;-  folk  could  not  pay  their  debts, 
neither  could  they  ])urchase  what  was 
needful  to  keep  them  alive.  "  In  the 
memor\-  of  living  man,"  says  Jack,  "  there 
ne\er  was  such  a  time." 

From  1846  to  i<S5o  the  times  were 
really  serious.  (Iciieral  povertv,  dull 
trade,  liioh-]>iiced  food,  fell  disease.  Corn 
Laws  aoitation.  Chartist  movement,  rad- 
ical jKditics,  Repeal  of  the  Union,  revo- 
lutionary movements  on  the  continent  of 
luirope,  and  to  crown  all,  the  Smith. 
O'Hrien  rebellion  in  Ireland.     Some  say 


JACK    l-(»STi:k"S    DAUK    DANS  7,i) 

the  Irish  have  been  acliii!^-  and  lalkini; 
rebellion  e\er  since.  As  then  ><>  is  it 
now,  Home  Rnle  sininieted  down  is  Rome 
rule,  and  the  Roman  hierarclu  is  re- 
sponsible for  ninch  ot"  the  agitation  and 
its  attendant  misehief. 

vSnch  at  least  was  the  opinion  ol  Jian 
Doddridge,  who  was  heard  to  say  :  -'  It's 
no  a  very  Chrisllike  bit  o'  business,  bnt 
it  is  a  wa\' o'  haudin'  the  people  toi^ether, 
and  of  keei)in<4  them  in  the  bosom  o'  the 
chnrch.  Tae  alloo  them  to  see  the  bless- 
in,L,^s  that  come  to  a  Bible  readin'  na/liun, 
so  as  to  lumker  efter  them,  wonld  bt  to 
lose  them  a'  together.  The  priests  are 
lan^-heided  chiels,  and  believe  in  Drae- 
tical  politics,  and  ordinar'  Christian  folk 
are  nae  match  for  them.  When  ve  think 
ye  liae  them  they  are  like  the  lu'rish- 
nian's  flea,  ye  put  ye'r  linger  on  it  and 
it's  no  there." 

If  tliey  are  to  be  ke])t  "(xxl  Ronumists 
it  is  (piile  evident  they  must  be  kept  cpiite 
.separate  in  education  and  customs,  and 
also  cncourajred  to  hate  the  heretieal 
vSa.xon,  the  old-time  enemy  of  liis  -  )li- 
ness  the  pope.      At  the  period  now  under 


40     TIIK    o'KRTrRX    o'    BOTANY    HAV 

consideration,  the  pope  was  on  short  ra- 
tions and  was  phu  in;^  a  mean,  cowardly 
l)art.     vSo  thon«4ht  Jean   DocUhidj^c,  and 
not  only  did  she  think  it  bnt  she  said  it. 
"  He  hnz  jnst  sneaked  oot  o'  Rome  in 
winian's  claes.       He  won'dnc-   meet  like 
a   man  the    faes  o'   priestly  superstition 
and  oppression  and  j)olitical  misrnle.     It 
wnzna  Protestants  that  sv\ared  him  ont  o' 
his  wits,  bnt  his  ain  hairns  tan,L;ht  by  the 
friars  and  the  onde  >isters.      He  h\v/.  had 
to  rin  awa'  frae  the  seat  o'  nniversal  an- 
thoritv  tae  tak'  shelter  nnder  the  wine- 
o'  ain  o'  the  Bourbons.    And  just  think  o' 
it,  he  /v  the  man  wha  claims  the  power 
to  turn  the  wafer  into  the  body  and  l)lood, 
the  soul  and  divinity  o'  onr  Lord  Jesns 
Christ,  and  wha  can  bind  and    unloose 
the  souls  o'  men   in  either  world.      He 
micht    hae    turned    a'  his   enemies  into 
froj>:s  tae  feed  the  iM-ench,  his  ardent  ad- 
mirers and  staun'  byes  in  a'  his  extremi- 
ties." 

Jean  Doddridj^c  was  a  woman  amoufrst 
many.  She  knew  1)oth  the  Bible  and 
the  newspaper.  vShe  kept  informed  and 
was  re<;arded  by  her  neighbors  as  an  au- 


:*;:.'.vi«.'^ 


JACK    l-OSTl'.U'S    PARK     DAYS 


■M 


th(>vil\',  a  woman  of  sense  an<l  \  irlnc. 
To  hear  llial  woman  talk,  and  prax  loo 
if  need  be — "  vShe  wn/.  as  <;nde  as  ony 
minister,"  at  least  so  tlion,<;ht  lur  ad- 
mirers. In  the  tenenunl  where  jean 
lived  she  kept  thin<^s  li\ely. 

In  the  early  da\s  of  iS|6  jaek  I'oster 
snffered  his  "greatest  loss  ;  j^rannie  died, 
and  the  loss  was  irreparable.  She  was  a 
remarkable  woman  in  her  \\a\ ,  a  mother 
in  Israel,  and  more  than  his  mother 
conld  be  to  Jaek  himself.  He  was  her 
own  bairn,  the  born  piettu'e  of  him  w  ith 
whom  she,  in  the  warmth  of  her  xonnj^ 
heart  and  with  all  its  love, be.iian  life-.  vShe 
had  tanj^ht  him  to  read  the  New  Testa- 
ment before  he  had  reached  his  fifth 
year,  and  often  prayed  with  him  alone  in 
the  back  sho]i,  commendin<j;-  him  to  the 
<;()od  and  the  holy  nnseen  ( )ne.  On  their 
knees  in  front  of  a  kitchen  chair,  an<l  on 
the  sanded  floor,  o;rannie  and  her  bairn 
wonld  ]M'a\-  tos^ether.  vShe  would  ]>lace 
one  of  her  hands  njion  th.e  laddie's  head, 
and  would  raise  the  other  to  the  threat 
rnsccii  I'einjr,  and  with  uj)turned  face 
and  heart,  and  voice  lifted  heavi  nward, 


i^^;^  .X:-^-^. 


42     Till-    o'KkTrkX    ()'    HOTAW    BAY 

she  would  coinnR'iul  tlic  wee  fatlRrk-ss 
boy  to  the  only  Father  he  now  had,  the 
hcavcnl)   (  )ik'. 

It  was  an  awesome  place  to  Jackie,  yet 
it  was  (rood  to  he  with  g^rannie  in  the 
hack-shop  speaking  to  the  unseen  (iood 
Mail. 

The  battle  of  her  old  heart  with  (;od 
was  about  the  laddie's  future.  vShe 
seemed  to  have  some  stran<;e  presenti- 
ment that  his  life-i)ath  would  be  intricate, 
ru<,ro;ed,  and  thorny,  too  much  for  mere 
flesh  and  blood  to  o'erniaster.  Her  praver 
was  that  he  niioht  have  no  less  com- 
panionship in  life  than  that  of  the  Lord 
Jesus  himself,  and  with  that  he  would 
have  o^ood  company  ali  his  days,  and  in 
the  world  to  come  life  everlastino-. 

She  seemed  to  sec  in  her  wee  boy 
latent  powers  of  much  evil  or  of  crreat 
j,nx)d,  and  the  si|L,dit  of  life's  possibilities 
would  make  the  old  saint  trend)le  all 
over.  Her  perceptions  were  aided  bv  the 
family  physician's  opinion,  a  he  had  the 
credit  of  beiujL,'-  able  to  read  '  uls.  When 
Jackie  was  but  a  wee  toddler  iie  would 
go  to   visit   the  doctor,  who   would  set 


JACK    F<)STI:R  S    DARK    DAYS  43 

liitn  upon  llic  cH)niitcr  of  his  apotliccai y, 
and  llicii  tell  him  all  abont  his  head,  and 
say  a  short  prayer  lor  the  "  wee  niannie" 
who  had  not  a  father.  Jaekie  never  left 
Dr.  Lander's  without  a  bit  of  plaited 
rock  candy,  or  a  handfnl  of  rosebuds, 
which  were  the  favorite  sweetmeats  then. 

(irannie  ponred  ont  her  heart  to  (lod 
in  stron<>^  desire  for  a  blessin<;  on  the  wee 
boy  and  his  fntnre  when  her  old  head 
was  laid  in  the  <4ra\e.  When  she  so 
])rayetl  for  him,  he  fell  a  strange  myste- 
rions  influence  pcrvadinj^  the  back-shop. 
There  was  One  there  to  wliom  she  conld 
talk,  whom  she  coidd  see  as  she  tnriied 
her  face  to  the  ceilinj^  and  ponred  ont 
her  heart  before  him.  Jackie  was  made 
to  feel  that  (iod  was  a  real  jierson  who 
loved  fatherless  boys  and  look  an  interest 
in  them,  and  wonld  lake  care  of  him. 
Over-awed,  chastened,  spiritnali/.ed,  he 
wonld  rise  from  his  knees  to  look  abont 
the  room  for  Ood,  bnt  j^rannie  herself 
was  his  dwelling-place.  She  "walked 
with  Ood  "  all  the  day  lon<r. 

(jrannie  Foster  was  a  mend)er  in  ocjod 
standin^;^  of  Doctor  Symin<;ton's,  or  the 


m 


44     THK    o'KKTrRN    o'    IU)TA\V    I!AV 


CaiiK-ioiiiaii  Kirk,  which  was  kn.wii  to 
liavc  ill  its  coiiiiiiuiiioii  many  spiritual 
I)(.c.i)k-  well  versed  ill  the  doctrinal,  cx- 
iKiiiiiciital,  and  the  inactical  parts  of  the 
Christian  faith.  They  were  le-ardcd  as 
'•  a  douce,  Ik  in  people." 

Jack's  I       her  was  a  woman  of  afTairs, 
fi^htiiio  a   battle  to  which  she  was  alto^ 
Kcther  une(jual.     She  had  a  small  store, 
was  all  day  heliind  the  counter,  and  wlicii 
not  there  was  busy  preparinjr  somcthiiij^r 
f»>r  sale  that  would  earn  a  penny  to  niec^ 
her  ohlioations.      It  was  a  sore  battle  she 
had    with    the    world    to    obtain    means 
cnoiioh  to  live  honestly,  oivino  each  his 
own,  but  she  was  not  treated   with   like 
iK'iKsty.      In  the  midst  of  this  desperate 
struoole  to  i)ro\ide  for  herself  and  her 
fatherless  wee  boy  she  had  to  lay  down 
her  poor,  wear\-,  worn-out  body  on  a  sick- 
lied, and  died  of  a  rapid  decline.     'Po  her 
sick  boy  she  had  not  a  word  to  say  at  the 
last,   but  at  the   dead  of  the  nioht  she 
stole  away  to  be  with  Jesus.     On  that 
wintry  nioht,  between   nioht  and  morii- 
in.tr,   •'^lie   lay  beside   her  boy,  stifT,  cold, 
and  silent  in  death. 


JACK     lOSTl-.kS    DAKK    hWS 


15 


The  laddii-  was  1  lid  down  with  w- 
hipsin.i;  tVwr,  then  an  i]iidciiiii\  I K- 
alit-ady  had  had  i  Itwii  itlapsLS  and  was 
inakiiij^  a  hravc  fij^hl  to  Ii\i-.  It  was 
near  U>  Christmas.  In  that  iKuisvi-t'  tin- 
(kad  thf  l.Mhlic  was  ahuK-.  IK'  liad  no 
one- now  in  the-  world  hntCiod  hinistlt', 
and  lie  ninsl  jtisl  await  ( '.od's  tinic  tostc 
what  he  wonld  do  lor  him. 

Thrmij^hhors,  Prolistant  and  Catholic, 
WLiv  kind  to  him  in  their  own  w.i\  and 
for  Katic-'s  sake,  for  to  many  of  thcin  she 
had  been  a  friend  in  the  dark  honr  of 
their  extremity,  and  thereby  had  made- 
herself  poor.  Ahont  the  v;ra\-  <-f  the- 
nK)rnin,i;  it  j^ot  whispered  aronnd  that 
the  "factor"  wonld  se-ll  all  for  rent  and 
taxes,  and  that  the  sick  hov  woidd  not 
^^et  anything;-  ofter  the  fnneral  exjunses 
had  been  provided  ;  and  so  thev  reasone-d 
that  it  woidd  be  no  sin  if  they  fell  to  and 
helped  themsil\e-s  to  anything  for  which 
they  had  a  likino-.  U  was  all  for  Katie's 
sake. 

vShe  was  bnried  l.'eside-  her  own  mother 
in  Hridoetown  Kirk  yard,  becansc  in  the 
Hioh  Kirk  yard  where-  her  father  la\,  the 


}f>      I  III',    o'lUTlUN    <)'    IKCIAXV    n.w 

aiitlioriliis  would  iillou  no  nioiv  hiirials 
to  lake  place.  The  fiiiKial  took  i)lacv 
on  a  raw  IKcvmiIrt  dax.  It  was  plain, 
l)iil  (Krint,  and  laiofly  atleiided  hy  the 
iiiii^hlx.is.  The  cofliii,  will)  a  iiiort-cloth 
<>\ir  it,  was  home  upon  spokes,  and  de- 
cent men  to(.k  these  in  tnrn.  The  rela- 
tions were  n..t  there,  as  there  was  no  one 
to  inform  them  of  what  had  taken  place. 
The  sick  hoy  cotdd  not  do  it  ;  hcsides, 
nearly  all  were  afraid  of  the  awfnl  fever 
then  ra.i^inu  in  tin-  district. 

The  wee    hoy    hy  a    tremendous   effort 
of  will    power,  rose  from   a  fever   hed  to 
lay  his  mother's  head   in  the  cold  clay; 
for  it  is  aoood  vScottish  cnsloni  that  the 
nearest  of  kin  should  hav<  the  chief  place 
at  thec^rnive  in  the  lowenno  r)f  the  coffin. 
It  is  said  that  as  he  stood  at  the  head 
of  the  oravc  as  chief  monrner,  he  looked 
a    tri,<>ht,    weak    and    sta.<;^,a.rin_l,^    poorly 
nourished  thron«,di  his  lon,<^  illness,  a  face 
perfecth-  hloodless  and  hlne,  and  to  crown 
all  he  was  shabbily  and  thinlv  clad.      In 
the  fillino;  in  of  the  j^rave  the  bystanders 
wonld  look  at  him  with  tear-filled  e\es 
and  conld  be  heard  sa\  lii<.  : 


I 


JACK    F0STi;k\s    l.AKK    li.WS  .| ; 

"  K.llit's  Wcf  1)(.\    (K'MlAfd   hittvl    til. Ill 

lliiN  ;   ("...(l  Iul|.   tin-   piiii    l.uldir,  \\c   has 
lost  his  a'  !  "      It  \\.t>  a  >a.l  sali>|'a(.ti(.ii  (o 
lay  his  iuoIIki-   l.vsidt-  ^raniiii-.  ik\        t,, 
he    t'or^M)U(.ii.      Oil    ivliiiiiiii-    Ik.h.    ■-• 
hiirviiio'  irrouml  he  saiiutitvd  .iloiio  ahiiu-, 
with  lii>   head  full  of  slraiiiic   noises  ami 
his   heart   sad   and    sole.      11  is   sitnalion 
was    iiieoiiipieliensihle.      He   soon  found 
hiinseh    at  his  own  door,  but   it  was   lii> 
no   loiio;er.      The   place   was   eiiii)ty  and 
the   door   was  locked.      He   sat  down   on 
lliecold  stone  step  of  tile  store  door,  and  in 
wrestliiio  with  the  slorin  within  his  own 
i)t)Soiii,  he  hail  to  sel  his  teeth  to  restrain 
his  emotions.      Poor   laddie,  well   nii.olu 
.grannie  wrestle  ninch  with  Cod  in  vonr 
behalf. 

The  house  factor  had  been  on  thr 
premises  and  ever\thin<r  had  been  re- 
moved. A  broker  had  made  a  liimj) 
offer,  which  had  been  accepted,  and  the 
place  had  been  oiveii  to  the  lieallh  ..ffieer 
lor  cleansiiio  md  <lisitifectin,L;. 

Our  little  hero  was  not  so  well  olT  as 
the  little  fellow  taken  in  to  one  of  our 
charitable   iiistitnlioii.s,  who  while  l.inu- 


t 


4S    Tni';  u'kkturn  u'  hotaxv  bay 

stripped  of  his  ra<4S,  which  were  thrown 
ill  a  heap  in  a  corner  to  be  burned, 
pleaded  with  thcin  to  ^ive  him  back  a 
bit  of  ra_<4^  lie  had  liid  away  in  his  bosom. 
It  was  a  l^il  of  his  mother's  j^own,  and 
was,  said  he  :  "The  onlie  bit  thiiij^  I  hae 
to  remind  me  o'  my  mitlier/'  Jack  had 
nothinj^-  left. 

He  sat  on  the  doorstep,  cold,  stiff,  and 
hnnory,  and  tried  to  think  out  the  stranj^e 
situation  in  which  he  found  himself  that 
da\-  in  C.od's  pro\idence.  What  was  he 
to  do?  Where  would  he  o()?  Who 
would  ^ive  him  shelter  and  a  bit  of 
bread?  He  could  not  honor  those  who 
had  robbed  the  dead  and  defrauded  the 
orphan  boy.      Inwardly  he  kept  .savin<^  : 

"  Xae  orannie  noo,  mither  and  faether 
deid  and  nae  tun  body,  but  God  himser, 
tae  take  caiv  o'  me,  dead  me,  and  o;ie 
me  an  education.  P.ut  urannie's  (iod,  tac 
whom  slu-  was  aye  speakinii;,  will  take 
care  o'  me  and  be  the  orphan's  faether 
and  fieen.'' 

He  sat  there  in  the  i^loamiiio  of  that 
dark,  cold,  damp  December  day  ;  he  could 
see  nothin<'   and  did   not  desire  to  see  or 


JACK    FoSTI-k's    hark    1 


'AVS 


49 


to  speak   to   an 


full  and  like  to  1 


>■  one,  for   Iiis   heart 


w, 


Hirst.      It  l.M.ked  to  1 


iini 


as  It  there  was  no  other  w<.rM  than  that 
to  which  all  his  kin  had  <r(MK,  and  he 
wouhl  <r(,  there  too,  he  it  Cod's  will. 

Hnn-ry.  cold,  shiNerin-  homeless,  and 
lever-stricken,  he  wonid  fain  die  t<.o,  an<l 
.i^oto   that    "  Happy  land,  far,  far  awav" 
<>t    which  he    had   sun.,,  so  often    in    tlie 
Snndav-scho,.l,  and  about  which  on,nnie 
had  often  read  to  hini  from  John'sV.ospel 
and  the  .\pocalvpse.      He  has  often  said  : 
"  It  wnx  the  onlie  time  in  a'  u\\  event- 
l"u'  life,  and  amid  a'  its  hard  experiences 
<>'  the  world,  that  I  had  such  a  wi>h,  and 
(iod  wuz  .<,nule  tae  me    in    leavino  it   un- 
,i,^ranted.      If  he  ha<l  ,lune  that  dav  as   I 
•l^-M'-ed    him,  I    would    hae    nae   storv  to 
tell  <.'  the  sad   nc-lected  families  ,,'  l!„t. 
anv    Hay.  and    love's   con.juest,    and   the 
oerturnin^-  o'  the  ])lace." 

.[ackie  was  sheltered  l,v  one  of  his 
mother's  friends,  a  companion  of  her  . drl- 
J"HHKl»itonlvto  he  set  adrift  aoain.  as 
''^'  iKul  1,r,.u-hl  fever  int<.  the  lamilv 
He  was  now  to  have  a  new  experience. 
\n  Irrsh  Roman  Catholic  had  humanity 

D 


50     TIIH    o'KRTURX    O'    botany    hAV 


enou<4li  to  open  his  house  to  befvieucl  the 
fcvci-stricken  orphan  boy.  It  was  a 
Christian  act,  and  it  turned  out  to  be  a 
useful  trainin«>-  for  after  life,  as  his  bene- 
factor made  an  earnest  effort  to  make  him 
a  i^ood  Romanist. 

From  his  ninth  to  his  twentieth  year, 
he  had  souh'  stranoe  experiences  and 
hard,  sore  battles  to  fi<jht  to  keep  his  head 
above  water  and  himself  alive,  but  the 
education  and  trainini^  which  <i^ranuie 
oave  him  enabled  him  to  fight  his  battle 
like  a  man.  In  the  presence  of  evil  and  in 
the  moment  of  "greatest  temptation,  gran- 
nie, somehow,  was  always  near-by.  He 
ccmld  not  do  as  others  of  his  age  did. 
He  felt  himself  under  a  strange  restraint. 
His  life  had  a  tinge  of  sadness,  and  no 
wonder.  Many  said  in  his  hearing  :  "•  He 
is  ow'er  auld  for  his  vears,  and  ow'er 
,<;ude  tae  live  king."  To  old  people  he 
felt  strangelv  drawn  and  was  wont  to 
look  before  he  leaped. 

lH)r  good  reasons  we  must  now  lei  the 
curtain  fall,  and  hide  from  view  ten  years 
of  the  laddie's  life.  It  would  be  too 
painful  reading  to  most  people. 


^>  'lUMii^iim-m^. 


CHAPTKR   IV 

KAKI.V    COMPANIONS 

There  is  no  merit  in  secinj,^  the  sunlij^lit  ;it  noon- 
day. We  cannot  iloiiht  the  existeiK  e  of  ii,i;ht  wlun 
it  blazes  in  our  eyes.  And  when  tiie  -i  )oin  and 
chill  are  about  us,  have  faitii  to  beheve  tli.it  there 
is  just  as  nuich  h<,'lit  in  tiie  universe  as  ever,  and 
that  Cod  will  i)rin',r  us  a<,rain  into  its  cheer.  If  uc 
have  faith,  we  sh.dl  have  hope  wher  sorrow  is  in 
our  hearts  and  tears  are  in  our  eyes. 

He  doeth  all  thinj^s  well  ; 

We  say  it  now  with  (ears, 
Hut  we  shall  sinj;-  it  with  those  \vc  love 

riirou<,di  brij^ht  eternal  years. 

IN  reconntino-  Daddy  .Mnrtaoli'.s  Imniane 
attentions,  it  .sliould  he  .said  that  he 
did  liis  very  l)cst  to  win  Jack  io  the 
Roman  Catholic  faith  by  takino-  him  to 
early  nia.s.s,  and  by  indncino-  him  to  i^o  to 
catechi.sm  on  Snnday  afternoon.s.  p,ut 
the  whole  thinor  (h'd  not  conmicnd  it.sdf 
to  Jack's  rea.son,  and  the  condnct  of  wor- 
shipers and  pupils  after  .services  .sccnK-d  a 

51 


'(I 

P 


T^ 


52     THK    ()'i;RTrK.\    O'    IJOTAXV    BAY 

straiijuc  on  Iconic  to  all  their  prayers  and 
pcrscvcrin,!^  ccjnmiittal  of  the  catechism. 
Their  vespers  contrasted  stranj^ely  with 
the  Protestant  vSnnday-school.  Theirs 
were  prayers  and  catechism,  no  Bible 
readinii;^  or  explanation,  no  sino;in<r  of 
Christian  hymns  to  educate  and  cheer 
the  heart  and  to  foster  the  spirit  of  wor- 
ship, only  the  rehearsal  of  a  lot  of  fool- 
ish legends  about  the  chnrcirs  saints. 

To  maintain  discipline  there  was  no 
appeal  to  the  heart  and  the  conscience, 
but  a  couple  of  ])\^r,  fat  priests  armed 
with  horsewhips  walked  up  and  down 
the  lar<re  hall.  It  seemed  a  .strange  way 
of  makino-  |)cople  relioious  !  But  it  is 
their  way,  and  in  a  ..  anier  it  succeeds. 

The  laddie  could  not  credit  the  legends : 
the  demand  on  his  credulity  was  too  crrcat. 
The  history  related  to  him,  he  could  not 
see  as  consistent,  as  he  had  read  the  op- 
posite and  knew  too  much  scripture  by 
rote  to  take  on  trust  what  was  advanced 
in  their  books.  "  Father  Small  "  did  his 
utUK^st  to  win  him.  He  was  alwavs 
sweet  and  nice  to  the  lad.  He  loaned 
him    books    to    convince    him    that   the 


KARI.V    COM  PAN  IONS 


53 


-4 


3 

1 
1 

1 


Cluirdi  of  Ronit'  is  the  only  cliiircli,  but 
all  to  IK)  ])m-pose.  In  iv;uHii,l;  he  was  to 
use  his  own  jndj^nncnt  in  coniini;-  to  a 
decision,  hnt  his  clunn,  Dick  Rod-rcrs, 
date  not  read  any  Protestant  hook,  not 
c\cn  the  Hible,  to  convince  hini  of  the 
opj)osite,  only  on  pain  of  his  losin<>-  his 
sold.      A  strange  consistencx  ! 

All  the  prayers,  the  hohhino-  np  and 
down  in  chnrch  and  crossing  of  ihoni- 
sclves,  he  conld  not  reconcile  with  their 
conduct  on  retirino-  from  chnrch  service. 
Their  free  nse  of  the  name  of  Cod  and 
of  Christ  made  him  shiver,  and  their 
fdthy  conversation  vexed  his  sonl. 

He  had  listened  to  Daddy  Mnrta,nh  at 
his  prayers,  and  his  prayers  were  many 
and  occupied  time,  for  he  was  a  mend)er 
of  the  Holy  Family  and  had  the  promise 
of  an  indulgence  for  so  many  prayers, 
and  so  he  sonoht  to  buy  n,  his  oi)i)()rtu- 
nities.  Jack  had  known  him.  while  on 
his  knees,  to  leave  off  praying  to  con- 
si,Hn  everybodv  in  the  room  to  the  warm- 
est place  in  the  other  world  for  disturb- 
iujr  hi,,,  i„  i,is  devotions,  and  wh.en  he 
had  relieved  his  mind  he  would  .set  out 


^i 


1       I 


54     THE   o'HRTrRX    cV    HOTAW    RAV 


aj^ain  to  c<Mi)])kte  the  mmiber  of  his 
prayers  to  secure  the  iiuluh^ence — the  ab- 
breviation of  his  sufTerinj^  in  puroatory. 
Hut  his  «>;oinos  on  made  it  purgatory  to 
all  in  the  house. 

Jaek  was  not  proselytized, 
but  made  some  proselytes. 
Grannie's  teaching  stood  him 
well  in  the  circumstances,  for 
had  he  known  less  he  might 
have  been  a  poor  deluded  Ro- 
manist, instead  of  an  intelli- 
gent Christian  worker. 

Tack  had  nice  chums  bv  the 
name  of  Rodgers,  who  were 
Roman  Catholics  and  who 
much  against  their  own  in- 
clination had  to  go  to  cate- 
chism and  mix  with  a  dirty, 
uncultured  crowd  from  the 
Briggate  and  the  vSalt  Mar- 
ket. It  was  arranged  that  he  would  j'o 
with  them  to  their  catechism,  if  they 
would  go  with  him  to  vSunday-school. 
It  was  a  bargain. 

He  made  no  attempt   to  argue   with 
them,  and  was  careful  not  to  wound  their 


KARI.V    COMPANIONS 


v-^:) 


feelings,  but  just  allowed  the  teaching  hy 
contrast  to  do  its  own  work  in  tlain,  and 
it  did.  Tlicy  very  soon  saw  the  dilYer- 
cjice  between  Rome  and  the  k^'^P<-J>  »"t 
only  in  the  workino^  of  the  school,  but  in 
the  instruction  J4iven  to  the  pupils  in  at- 
tendance. 

Jamie,  Dick,  and   Hu.!4hie  broke   with 
the  Church  of  Ronie,  disytisted  with  her 
teachinosand  pa^^an  practices  and  j)riest- 
ly  tyranny,  so   also  did   three  of   Daddy 
Murtaoh's  children.     The  two  dau<;hters 
were  bapti/.ed  on  a  profession  of  their  faith 
in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.     The  defection 
sorely  distressed   their  poor  father,  and 
made  him  rave  and  swear  and   threaten 
all  manner  of  thinos,  present  and  to  come. 
Father  vSniall  and  the  Little  vSisters  of 
the  Poor  did  all   they  could,  b\-  bribes  of 
all  kinds,  to  win  them  back  to  the  bosom 
of  the  Church,  but  to  no  a\ail  ;  the  fet- 
ters were  broken. 

Dadvly  Murtaj^h  never  lost  his  interest 
in  Jack  Foster,  but  watched  his  after  life 
with  pride,  and  showed  a  most  kindly 
spirit,  e\cu  while  he  was  actively  en- 
<,^a<>ed  in  Christian  work. 


m\ 


i  ^ 


56     THK    O'KRTLKN    O'    BOTAXV    BAV 

III  after  >ear.s  he  clianjrc-d  xcry  iinicli 
for  the  better,  was  more  Christian  in 
spirit,  and  no  donht  hecanie  a  spiritnal 
man,  and  thoii^h  he  died  in  the  bosom 
of  tlie  Chnrch,  he  died  lookinj;  nnto  Jesus 
in  simple  trnst. 

Me  lived  to  see  Jack  a  minister  of  the 
J^ospel,  and  he  was  a  proud  man,  i)roiuI 
ot  the  orphan  boy  lie  had  sheltered,  who 
liad  shared  his  table  and  picked  up  his 
trade  by  usino-  his  eyes. 

This  insioht  into  Romanism  Jack  found 
to  be  of  oreat  use  in  his  mission  work.  It 
was  a  valuable  trainiu«,r,  the  testino  of  his 
pnncii)les,  and  his  oroundin-.^  in  the  cros- 
pel. 

Silas   Stirlino-  at   ihe  outset   was  the 
better  educated  lad,  inasmuch  as  he  had 
Ins  parents,  a    -ood   home,  and  vcars  of 
schoolincr  i„   one  of  the  best  schools  in 
tlie  city.     His  father  was  what  (;ias<row 
tolk  wojild  call  "a  small  manufacturer," 
and    besides,    he    was    a    deacon    of   the 
church  and  a  disciple  of  the  Haldaues 
noted   Baptists.      Silas  was  the  vomigcr 
son  of  uprioht,  oodly  parents. 

Jack's  ambition   was   to  catch    up  to 


mi.,^ 


i-Aki.v  c<)^rl•A^•I()^■s 


s 


him  in  education,  and  iliionol,  n,,.  ^^.„. 
crous   action    of    liis    cniplovcr    1r-    wa> 
aide  to  attend  evenin-  classes,      h,  ,,ih,r 
respects  lie  was  furnislKd    for   life's   bat- 
tle  in   a  way  that  Silas  never  cc.nld    he. 
Vouno^as  he  was,  he  was  intimate  with  a 
cold,  hard  world.      IK-  knew  i)y  hitter  ex- 
perience all    its   ins  and   v)nts,"and  there 
were  hut  few  of  its  many  nooks  nnknt.wn 
to  him.     He  was  the  lonoer-headed  of  the 
two,  and   was  jrcnerally   re-arded  as   "a 
modest,  quiet,  ol)li<ri„<r   kid."     His   em- 
ployer's wife  at   least  described   hiui   as 
such  to  the  deacons,  when  thev  were  ex- 
aminino-  into  his  character  before  his  re- 
ception for  baptism. 

Silas  was  his  exact  opposite  in  temper- 
ament,  a   lioht-hearted,    easy.o(,i„ir    kid, 
full  of  son.o:  and  frolic,  and  this  ukiv  ac- 
count for  the  two  bein-  chums  and  stick- 
iti-  to  each  other  so  Ion-  in  Christian 
work  and  at  colle.oe.     Xo  two  N,>,ni-  men 
could   be  more  bound  up  in  each   other. 
They   had    each    other's    conri.k-nce,    no 
secrets,  and    took    no   step   without   con- 
sultation. 

The  elder  and  better  educated  of  the- 


5^     THK    O'l-RTIRN    ()'    HoTANV    HAV 

two  liad  a  tcrrihlf  stnio^ok-  to  keep  his 
mind  clean  and  to  si)eak  a  pnre  lanoiia<>e. 
In  early  boyhood  he  had  formed  the  vile 
hahil  of  profane  swearino;,  a  habit  which 
is  to-day  too  common,  and  to  him  it  had 
become  a  second  natnre.  The  tendency 
to  jrive  way  to  it  after  his  conversion  was 
a  sore  trial,  and  often  in  tears  he  would 
say  to  his  ehnni  : 

"  Man  Jack,  my  heart  is  sair.  I  hae 
catcird  niyseP  twa  or  three  times  the  da>- 
in  the  very  act  o'  swearin',  bnt  the  words 
didna  ^vt  cot  tae  be  heard.  I  jist  in  the 
nick  o'  time  j^ripp'd  them  atween  my 
teeth  and  held  them  there  like  a  terrier 
wi'  a  rat.  Dae  ye  think  Clod  wnll  hand 
me  c,r,iilty  o'  takin'  his  name  in  vain  ? 
I  didna  mean  it." 

Silas  Stirlino^  had  that  of  which  there 
is  a  lack  to-day,  "  the  fear  of  C.oi]  and  a 
sense  of  sin."  It  was  a  strno-le  to  de- 
liver himself  from  the  s^iant  jiower  of  an 
evil  habit,  even  after  he  had  jrjven  him- 
self np  to  Christ,  bnt  in  the  end  orace 
triumphed  and  he  glorified  Jesns  in  the 
temple  of  his  body. 

It  wonld  take  too  mncli  time  to  de- 


'»"*» 


^m^]a^ 


KAKI.V    COMI'.WKiNs 


59 


scribe  Jack's  onward  and  upward  stniu- 
^dc  from  his  ninth  to  his  twentieth  year; 
snfrice  it  to  say  that  it  was  a  tonu],,  sore 
fij^iit  :  hut  with  Cod's  aid  he  hehl  his  own 
a-4ainst  all  odds,  and  as  the  years  ^athvivd 
he  kept  ^ainino;  j^Mound  and  still  saw 
sonicthinj;  yet  ahead  in  the  way  of  self- 
improvement. 

In  a  qniet  corner  of  the  workshop   in 
spare  moments  he  mioht  he  fonnd  ulane- 
iti.i^r  over  the  rndinients  of  Latin  or  Creek 
preparatory  to  a  c<)lleo;<.'  course.      In  this 
laudable  pnrsnit   he  had   no  encourage- 
ment from  his  shop-males,  but  the  i.pp..- 
site.      Kverythinjr  possible   was  done   to 
hinder  him,  and  to  keep  him  like  them- 
selves.     His    and)itii,;;    cost    him    much 
jK'tty  persecution,  and   nothino    was  left 
untried    to  make   his   life    aniono    them 
miserable,    and    also    his    employer    an 
cncm\-.      He  wrs  reliirious  and  they  were 
uot.      He  was  a  total  abstainer,  the>-  were 
drinkers;  and  so  they  stood  far  apart. 

Throii-h  tlood.-,  and  tl.imcs.  if  Jc•slI^,  lead, 

1"11  follow  where  he  j,'oes  ; 
I  finder  me  nm,  shall  he  inv  (  ry. 

'rhon<;li  earth  and  hell  oppose. 


att--jm£j,Mi 


H    I 


This  \v;i.s      ii    !n  111!    .in-.,  x^i^m  Jack 
Foster   was      i   ,i;t  Uv   '•  i,tnic,l    ^vill, 

Christ  hv  hapt    111  int..  ([.■.,t],  ••  ]„  pastor 
John  Welchiiuiii.      J I  ,\  ,,   ,1,,,^  i,va  hir-v 
.'•11(1  ilteply  iiiliTfstid  coiioi.MalK.n,  and 
^a\c  thf  kc-ynoir  to  jack'-    iftcr  litV.      It 
rano^  in   his  tars  on  the-  Crcc-n.  it  was  in 
iiiind  whc  u  he  resolved  in  the  name  and 
power  of  Jesns  to  enter  and   take  Hotjiiy 
I!ay.      It  inspired   him  as  he  stood  U})  ..ii 
the  ontside  stone  stairnay.  which   c<mi- 
iiianded    that    lono",  narrow,  dirty   street, 
known   as    Hotany  I'.ay,  to  i-ll    its  sadly 
ne<,Hecled   denizens  thai   Cod"     love  was 
iii.Mite  and  that  j^^race  ahonnded  to  the 
chief  of  sinners,  that  it  was  ''a  faithfnl 
Nayin.s4    and    worthy  of   all    acceptation, 
that  Christ  Jesn^  canie  into  the  world  to 
saw  sinners." 

Jack  had  in  a  \ery  laroe  def>^n  .•  the 
soldier  s])irit,  orcat  will  power,  am.  tcn- 
<ler,  sympathetic  nature.  He  ma  iiavc 
inherited  it,  as  he  belonged  to  a  n:  iry 
faniily,  and  it  wa>  -cessa  t  for  i  ,  w  ,ik 
which  God  had  allotted  to  him  in     fe. 


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CirxI'TlCK    \ 

11.     IN' 

ASK)           K    I;        ANY    li.w 

Sill    ,i 

li\    Jl-MI>'    Mniitl. 

i.Ct    iJS 

'  "^^      '■       ^u^li  lo  (idd  ; 

.\i  my  1 

"|"1'          l>liii(ll\  str.iv, 

•  It)'.  VI ! 

"!'            l>.    Kt   11-,   |n,iy, 

i\   th 

ulii)  iKiu  .lie  Mind, 

S()4)ll 

'1      'itli  in. IV  fiiul. 

'PHK  nu 

1       inaiUiii 


ini!'^|i 


^  "II  ic  Civtii,  ill  tln> 
11  \  were  .  hjo  stifci-s.s,  and 
l<e(l  IxMii,  to  tilt'  -Rat  aiiiiov- 
'"^  •  <'i  lie  lads,  as  it  wa.s  tluir  .k-.siiv 
'  'i  Mi  (.11  tin.  iccl  until  they  naiiK.l  in 
:i(.\vU.\^.  If  xpfiifnce,  and  oavr  cvi- 
lence  of  i  ,,  f(„-  piihlie  vv<,rk.  I!nt 
It  was  in  ilic  very  a'r  ahont  liic  (;,vcmi 
iiicctiiios  and  the-  hoy  prcadit-rs. 

One  Sunday  niornino;  at  the  cdose-  of 
the  .service,  they  were  met  at  the  church 
doorhy  the  pa.stor,  who  said  : 

"Ah,  l-.a,  niy  youiij^-  men,  what  is  this 
I  am  liearin.<r  ahont  yon  ?  I  wish  to  have 
a  few  words  witli  von." 


(>i 


H^     T 


If  I 


62     TIIH    o'KRTrKX    ()'    nOTAW    15.\V 

Jac-k  iK-oaii  to  fLur  that  he  had  heard 
sonic-  evil  rei)<>rt  which  woidd  be  made 
the  suhjeet  of  inquiry  by  tlie  deacons,  as 
there  was  very  strict  discipline. 

"  I  am  told,"  said  he,  "  that  you  have 

set  up  as 
preach- 
ers, and 
are  doinj^ 


Jack  unassured  as  to  whether  the  efTort 
put  forth  on  the  (Ireeu  met  with  his 
ai)i)roval.  The  i)astor  at  once  noticed 
that  the  efTect  was  other  than  he  had 
intended,  and  so  he  said  :  "  I  am  not  ^o- 
ino  to  scold  you  or  find  fault  with  von, 
but  you  mioht  have  taken  counsel  with 
me   before  setting   out.      I   assure   vou    I 


'^^^^^^- 


THK    I.WASION    OF    HOTANV    MAY     6; 

lui\c  no  ilcsirc  to  hiiuk-r  you  in  (loiuj^ 
:^o<k1  ;  hilt  if  you  must  pivacli,  you  luvd 
iiol  <4()  so  far  away  as  the  C.iviii  to  do  it, 
you  haw  only  to  cross  o\c-r  into  IJolanx 
Hay.  It  is  in  oi  district,  nou  know, 
and  \vc  as  a  ])co|)lc  arc  rcspousihlc  to 
(iod  for  the  eternal  salvation  of  those 
I)oorfolk.  rerhai)s  he  means  to  use  \(>ii, 
who  knows?  to  lead  them  to  the  Saviour. 
I'romise  mc  now  that  xou  will  make  the 
cfTort  and  at  once." 

They  had  witnessed  the  (dd  mission- 
ary carried  out  hy  four  stalwart  police- 
men, wounded  and  !L;ory,  his  onlv  offense 
zeal  for  (iod  and  the  sinner's  salvation. 
Jack  was  slow  to  own  that  he  had  ever 
preached  on  the  (irecu  or  had  e\eii  tried 
to  do  it.  "  We  have  huinnied  two  or 
three  lixnius.  eiii^aoed  in  prayer,  read  a 
hit  of  Scripture,  and  done  a  little  lalkiiiin 
about  the  vSaviour  as  the  sinner's  friend, 
but  it  cannot  be  by  aii\  manner  i)f  nieaiis 
rej^arded  as  preach  i  no."' 

Holh  promised  that  they  would  think 
over  the  minister's  jiroposal,  seek  from 
(iod  oiace  and  i;uidauce,  an<l  'f  it  should 
prove   to  be  his  will   tliev  would   invade 


1 ' 

1; 


mrr^r^r^ 


j ; 


I: 


64     TIIK    o'i'RTrKX    O'    IJOTANV    BAY 

BolauN    P>ay   in    the  name  of    the    Lord 
Josiis. 

They  (lid  not  iclincjni.sh  theC.recn  but 
added  I'.otany  Hay  to  the  i>rojrraninic. 
vSilasand  jack  entered  npon  the  campaij^n 
slron.n^ly  moved  hy  the  sentiment  of  love 
for  sonls.  The  effort  to  l)e  made  had  led 
them  to  serious  thought  and  mueh  prayer, 
as  the\  felt  how  unecpial  thev  were  to 
the  work.  It  could  not  he  done  in  their 
o\.vn.  strength,  and  it  needed  more  than 
human  wisdom.  lint  havino-  sou<dit 
counsel  of  Cod  they  had  committed 
themsehes  to  it. 

Tlie\  consulted   wi»h   the  chief  of  po- 
lice to  know  whether  their  \enture  met 
with    his  aj)pr<)val   and   would   have   Ins 
co-operation,  if  need  be,  in   the  event  of 
trouble  beiuLj  made  ])y  the  rowdv  class. 
Jack  met  him  in  hisolTice  at  tlie  "  Cen- 
tral," laid  the  case  before  him,  explained 
to  him  thiir  ])lan  of  operations,  assurino- 
him  that   it  would   be  a   peaceable  inva- 
sion, and    that   i)asl    mistakes   would   be 
avoided  if  at  all   possible.      He  ai)pr()ved 
of  their  plan  of  work  and  said  that  police- 
men would  be  told  off  for  special  service, 


''^'^^fir'^i0maama^,?!^-^'i<^:-.'^m^^  ^' 


:^tm 


i    4, 


'rill'.    IWASloN    <>1-     lUt'lANv    I;aV      h:^ 

and  Ik-  williiii  an  (.msx   disLiiKx-  tvadv  to 
ivsjM.iid   t,,  tlu-  fii>l  rail;    hm   tluv  were 
iu-\cr  oiK-c  U'(|iiiR(l  in  all  tin-  canii)aion. 
On    Snnda\    din  in-    iIk-    intnxal     of 
w.-islii]),  from    half    past   iwiKi'    to    two 
<i\-Iock.  tlu-   l)o\    i)riarluis,  arukd    with 
a   hnndk-  of  l;(.sjkI   tract>,   inxa.kd    II. .t- 
an\-   I5a\',  -oin^^-   from   door    to  dodr.   ix- 
|)lainin,<4  I"  tin-    i)(.-oi)k-  what    tlu\-  wi.a\ 
disponed   to  do  in   tlu-  wa\-  of  >u|)pl\inL; 
lluin  with    a    nli^ions    scrxici'  and  tx- 
pressin-  a  di.>irr  to  know   wlRllkr  surh 
a  service-    wonld    Ik-  accrptahk-    to  iJK-m 
on   Snnda\    «.-\-(.-iiin-.     'rik-    pi-npk-   wi-rc- 
a>Muvd   that   tin-  offrr  was   promj)t».-d   1)\ 
lo\r,  and    that    tlu-    oiih   aim    was  tluir 


V\\v  la(.  ''.  ■■  wire  kindly  rc-criwd  and 
ihc-ir  trial  ;;  :  .  was  In-xund  all  rxpecla- 
lion.  'I'lu-  majoritx  were  in  faxorof  the 
sir\  Kx-  as  explained  to  them.  ()nl\-  two 
lamilies  (.bjieted  ;  one  was  a  Roman 
Catholic  family,  tlu-  other  ran  a  she- 
heen  and  evaded  the  Snnday  law.  'IMu- 
luad  of  the  Roman  Catholic  faniil\  said  : 
"We  are  iu)t  o\  e  vttur  nlaii^ion  and 
do  not  nied  it.    We  haw  onr  own  chnrcli, 


'      H 


■ft 


6^     TIN-.    ()"i;UTrR.\    ()'    HOTAXV    HAV 

which  is  thf  thnu-  church  and  it's  t^dod 
ciioiif  fiir  11/  at  aiiN  tiim-,  anv  (la\-,  rain 
or  shiiic.  V(m  need  not  *^i\c  u/  vonr 
onld  tracts  full  of  (kvil's  lies.  You  had 
hcltcr  kapc  thim,  for  \\c  wouhl  onlv  tear 
thini  or  put  thim  in  the  fire,  the  onlv  fit 
place  for  theni." 

After  a  little  oxxxl-uatured  chaffino-, 
the  efTort  L;)  he  uiade  was  uumc  fullv  ex- 
plained, aiul  then  all  opposition  was  w  ith- 
drawn  on  the  c«>ndition  that  the  jMvach- 
ino  was  not  to  he  opposite  their  doors  ; 
they  were  of  the  opinion  that  their  feel- 
in.y^s  ou<,dit  to  he  respected.  IJut  there 
was  another  family  who  volunteered  the 
use  of  their  stairway  as  a  pnachiut^  staud, 
and  tliis  o^ave  the  speakers  the  control  of 
the  whole  street. 

The  nej^otiations  made  a  tremiudons 
demand  uj)on  Jack's  ner\-ous  sxsteni,  as 
the  real  battle  was  more  with  himself 
than  with  the  people,  fitting;  himself  into 
the  situation  as  it  opened  up  to  him. 

The  preliminaries  settled,  it  was  time 
for  the  afternoon  service  and  the  admin- 
istration of  the  Lord's  Supper,  a  weeklv 
observance  at   that   time.      The\-  entered 


-•i^d8fli*4»  .'^I«lHB' 


_  :«^-i  -•"•_: 


-  ►■  ^■.- 


l<=i 


:^i&i)'   -''mSm 


Tin-:    I.WASION    (H--    lloiA.W    l:\v      (>- 

lliL-  c-Iiurch  with  -raUl'iil  ,m,l  suhdiud 
lit-arts.  A  \  icloiv  had  Keen  wi.ii  in  \U^{. 
any  Ilav,  and  tiny  tVll  iIkihscK  cs  in  a 
tU  IranK-  to  sino  as  uvwv  htfoiv  ; 

I'l.li-^O  (lotl    (Volll    ulldlll    .ill    l)lf.s>i|1->   tlnw, 

rr.ii.-,c  liim  ,ill  cicMiiiix's  iicrc  hcli.u. 

After  vSnnday-scliool — for  l„,tli  tanu;lit 
in  the-  school — ihr\  rctir-d  into  out-  of 
Ihc  vestries  to  (.■ntrt.at  Cod  h\  |.ra\Lr  to 
j^rant  unto  ihtin  the  siKcial  -nidance  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  that  all  niiohi  hi- done 
\visel\-  and  well  and  to  his  ,i;lorv.  Kisino 
from  their  knees  and  punctual  to  the  nio- 
uient,  they  were  in  l!oian\  I!a\  at  half 
past  six. 

The  people  were  ea,L;erl\-  on  the  out- 
look, the  outside  stairwaws  were  iauinied 
with  hearers,  e\er\-  window  was  thrown 
open  and  black  with  heads,  and  the  nar- 
row roadwav  wa>  hlled  uj)  with  an  ea^cr 
lhrou,<r.  There  never  had  heen  such  a 
<lav  before  in  the  lii>ior\  of  the'  place. 
The  service  wa  opined  w'th  the  siu<^in-^ 
of  McChexne's  beautiful  h\  uin  ■ 

I  (.nr*..  vv,|.  .,  str.m-rr  tu  -i.u  c  ,in,i  i,.  (;,„1, 
And  kiR-u   n,,|  i,u  .l.in-cr  .m.l  uii  n,,|   iii\   l,..!,i, 


i 


,iij 


"3!S 


(>S     Till-;    o'l'.UTlUN    <»'    ItOlANV    I'.AV 

I  houi^li  tiK'nds  ^ixtku  ill  r.iptiiic  of  l.'lin>t  on    tlu' 

trie, 
|fli(p\<ih    r>i(lkciiii.  'lu.i>  iiDiliin^  to  mc. 


This  li\  11111  was  so  siiii^  llial  llic-  iu- 
lialtilaiils  could  r.ol  know  lliat  it  was  not 
an  original  coinitosilioii  and  llitir  own 
licail's  c'xpifssion  ot"  low  to  Jisus.  It 
was  sniio  w  ith  deep  iVc-lin^  and  luartx 
expression  and  cajjtix  aled  iIk-  crowd. 

jack  read  tlic  fifteenth  cha])terol"  Luke's 
( ios])el,  >^i\ino  a  running  coinnieiit,  then 
there  was  prayer  hy  vSihis,  i^ixiiii;"  the 
luart  free  rein  to  talk  with  (iod  hir.iself 
in  helialf  of  the  ])eople  of  Ilolaiiv  IJav. 
It  was  an  earnest,  simple,  direct,  se-nsible 
])ra\er.  Tlu  peo]>le  so  felt  and  seemed 
to  !)(.-  awe-d  ami  snhdned  1)\    it, 

'IMu  opmino  exercises  prejiaied  the 
])i-ople  for  the  list,  and  their  freedom  in 
j)rayer  enahled  the  \tiiino  men  to  meas- 
ure- their  own  ])owcis,  inan^iiio-  their 
libeitN  and  tenderness  of  luart  in  ad- 
dress. 

According  to  af;reenieiit  Jack  was  to 
take  the  opeiiinm  address.  His  talk  was 
on  the  '■  lost  sheej),"  the- shepherd  lea\in<4 


I!   I 

hi   =: 


Till',    IWASION    oi-     |!(»r,\\v    l!A\      (h) 

till.-  bulk  (.f  Ills  (lock  satV  in  tin-  fold  and 
scUiii'^  out  in  search  for  tlic  lost  <.iu-. 

He  had  sccnslici)hcrd  life  in  the  West- 
ern Iliohlands,  and  had  wiliuxsid  ilu- 
rescue  of  a  poor  lost  sheep,  sick  and 
woundi'd  and  ready  to  die-.  Caut^ht  in 
the  wool  hy  a  whin  hiish,  it  hnn.o  ,,m-,- 
the  face  of  a  cliff  riad\  to  droj)  into  the 
ahyss  heiieath.  He  .graphically  descrihed 
the  heart,  the  darinu,  and  self-sacrilici- 
of  the  earthly  slu-pherd  in  the  rescue  (.f 
the  lost  >heep,  and  his  joyful  iriunii)lianl 
return  after  its  lecoverv. 

He    then    spoke    of    the    lovilli^    JeMIS, 
Soil  of  (;o<l  and   Sou   of   Man.   the  little 
child,  the  orown  lad,  inured  to  lal.or  and 
privati-Mis,  and    leading  a   hnniMe   life,  a 
uian   ainoiio-  lueii,   the   Son   of  Cod,   tlu- 
niaiilv    man,    the    all-syuij)a«hi/iiio    ,|,aii, 
the  self-sacrilicin^-  man,  tnadiuM  ,,iii  life 
j»ath  in  all   its  dark  m.azes,  i\er  making 
the   lowl\   poor   his  particular  care,  min- 
istering-   as    he    went     to    sufferin-    and 
need,  enH^htciiin,;^-  its  ignorance,  lasin^ 
Its  hurdeus,  and   then   on   the  cross  with 
all    Us    i^noniiuy    and    sutTeriiio,   ,^i\in-4 
his  life  a  ransom  for  main. 


..i' 


1 1] 

'ii 


W'' 


70    Till';  o'l'.uTrKN  <)'  noTANv  r.Av 

IK-  showed  ln)\\  till-  Son  of  (iod  ;is  tlu- 
vSoii  of  M;m  was  st-arcliiiij;  afltr  tlic  lost 
slu'i]),  and  how  the  wax  of  tlic  cross  was 
(iod's  way  of  deliwrin,^  ihtin,  as  ihiv 
hnno  o\ci  ihi-  cliff  canj^ht  1)\  sonic  evil 
hcsclincnl,  with  the  ahyss  Innfalh  a  lor- 
tnrino  hill.  Ik-  told  thcni  that  thcv 
knew  thcnisilvis  what  tluy  wciv,  awav 
troni  (iod  and  ntiitndc  and  t\ir\  lliin_i>^ 
piiiv  and  hol\.  Tht\  knew  that  tluy 
wciv  not  what  they  once  wciv,  even  with- 
in the  reach  of  nieniorv. 

Ilenmindcd  tluni  of  childhood's  davs, 
its  innocence  and  pnriiy,  their  earhChris- 
tii.n  edncation  and  trainin*^,  the  ))ra\er 
they  had  been  tan<;hl  at  their  mother's 
knee,  and  mother's  j)ra\ers  and  tears  on 
their  acconnt.  \  motlur  was,  perhaps, 
with  jesns  in  the  better  land,  and  a 
mother's  interest  niimht  follow  them  still. 
Thex  were  besonoht  in  all  tendirness  to 
allow  Jesns  to  sa\e  them  while  salvation 
was  ])ossible.  It  was  t-arnest.  passionate, 
lovino,  pleadin-;,  one  hea.rt  j^ivin^-  ont  its 
lo\e  to  man\  hearts  in  wonderfnl  full- 
ness. Stroma  men  at  once  broke  down 
and    wept    like    bairns,   and  the  wom«'n 


TIN-:    I.WASION    Ol-     IIOT.WV    I!  \V      7 1 


folk  s()l)l)c-(l  riolii  out  and  bcwaiUd  their 
sinful,  In.st  conditit.ii.  The  place  hccanu- 
a   liochiiii. 

May  \vc  not  think  that  Cod's  aiii^xK 
l«>okcd  down  with  holy  interc■^l  on  I'.ol- 
any  Uay  that  ni.i;ht,  and  the  Lord  JeMis 
saw  of  the  Iraxail  of  his  soul  in  those 
pool  penitents?  He  was  the  npliftint;  of 
the  place  as  he  was  uplifted  in  faith  and 
love. 

Silas  followed  Jack,  cniphasi/in«4  what 
had  been  said,  openinj;  to  them  the  vol- 
ume of  his  own  experience,  and  (hawiu}^'^ 
a  picture  of  the  "  Prodioal's  Return." 
With  a  iiyinn  and  a  ])ra\er  the  service 
closed.  Suitable  readinjr  was  disttibuted, 
incpiircrs  beset  them,  Hotany  Hav  was 
open  to  the  *;ospel  of  the  j^race  of  (iod. 
It  was  a  triumph  of  orace  and  a  modern 
miracle  ! 

The  effort  ])Ut  forth  in  love  by  the  bov 
preachers  luel  with  no  remonstrances, 
neither  were  they  hit  by  bnken  bottles. 
Love  conquered,  because  the  preachers 
thenit'lves  were  love's  concpiest.  Ciod 
had  honoied  them,  and  they  wej)t  for  jov 
that  Botany  Hay  had  received  the  savin<.r 


TilP 


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TIN-:  <)'i:Krik\  o'  isota.w  i.av 


Ji 


UK-ssa,i4c  th.it  (Ia\.  Il  w.is  far  into  tlu- 
iiij^Iit  IkIoiv  tlicy  could  cN.sc  tluir  cy..- 
ill  sk-ti). 

Tlu-  hand  had  hiv  n  pnl  lo  Uk-  plow  ; 
thtiv  ninst  \)v  no  looking;  harkward  and 
no  \v<.ak-kni.vd  dYorl.  Tlu-  haltlc  inu.sl 
l)c'  pusht-d  to  thr  j^alt's,  and  now  that  tlir 
incmy  had  hcvn  altacki-d  jack  would 
ratluT  die  than  ivticat.  Tlu-  situation 
demanded  liiioisni  of  a  hi^h  onkr. 

1  here  was  to  he  regular  sei\  iee  e\ei  \ 
Sunday     evening,    weathir     permitting. 
The  i)astor  was  delighted  with   the  suc- 
cess   achieved,    and    at    the    Wednesday 
e\enin<;    pr.iyer     nieetino    niade    special 
nuntion  of  the  evan.i;eli/ation  of  iJotanv 
Ha),  an<l  made  re(piest  for  special  i)rayer 
l'>r  its  suceess.      Then  pra\er  was  offered 
as  m  \er  before  f(.r  "the  puir  folk  ow'er 
in    n,  ian\    P.ay,  that  (;od  would    in    love 
lead  their  hearts  tae  hinist:\"     Cod  had 
U!  ide    their  own    hearts   tender  and   bio- 
enouoh  to  hold  the  eriin^   ones  in   affec- 
tion. 

Son.e  of  the  friends  who  had  stood 
aside  in  unhelief  and  moral  eowaidici-. 
afraid  to  accompany  the  .voun,^   heralds 


'ft^^^  ^  ■'i'^aiifr  -^'flfc^  .itev^. 


■:AJh     £:^i 


rin-:  invasion  ok  iioiann    itw    7^ 

oil  tluir  irtuid  of  •nuiv\,  now  volmi- 
tccMvd  their  a>si.staiicf  atid  htoan  to  pray 
for  till-  siu'ctssof  iIk-  work  ami  for  Satan's 
oxcrthrow  in  tin.-  (li>trict. 

TIk-  i\an)nvlistic  work  011  tlii'  folic. w- 
iii<;  vSunday  was  like  that  of  llu-  )Mvcfd- 
in^  one.  The  st-rx  kx-  was  jiisl  as  aj>pro- 
priatf  and  earnest,  the  i-ntwd  (piite  as 
threat,  the  interest  intensified,  and  tlie  re- 
ception t.\en  more  cordial.  ,S. luu-  of  the 
hardest  cases,  both  men  and  women,  aj)- 
]>earcd  lookinnr  sober  and  rational,  a  \erv 
uncommon  thin<r  for  them  on  a  vSnndav 
eveninj^  in  Botany  Hay. 


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CIIAPTKK   VF 

WAVS   OK    I'Ki;.\Clll.\(i 
I  Itorc  is  iKi  true  or.ilor  uli 


'  :^  not  .1  luK 


TACK  FOSTKR  h:u\  an  itk-al  ;  Ik-  ha.l 
J      ivcvivul    it    as  a   scidlinjr   fn,m    ],is 
Caniifoiiiaii  oraiidinollici  and  it  had 
!kcii  f.),stfiv<l    in    liis   own    niind    1>\-  the 
l)i.)-iai.hirs  of   HiaiiKid,  I>a\s..n,  Wliitc'- 
fK-hl,  Cauv.  Knihl,,  Williams,  and  others. 
He  had  an  ideal  !     A  fiiv  at  tinus  hnnifd 
in  his  hoiK's  as  to  niissionarv  lift-.      His 
spirit  was  too  hior  for  his  weak  body,  and 
Ins  weak   Ix.dy  was  a  htake  on   the  rnn- 
niiij,^  j,r^,,r  of  his  niiseirish   life.     On   ac- 
connt  of  his  inx.lonocd  sirkncss  and  hard 
nsa<,rc  in  hoyhood,  he  had  not  the-  physical 
strenj^th  he  now  seemed  lo  possess,  hut  he 
had  jrrcat  will  power.    Ik-  was  of  medium 
lu'ioht.  sqnarely  built,   mnsctilar,   broad- 
shonldered,  with   lar-e  head,  ^miy  e\es, 
and    l)londe    complexion.      In    tempera- 
74 


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yy 


^m 


iiKiit,   iKr\(.tis,   >\iiii)allictic,  and   iinpnl- 
>i\c-.      vSoiiic  wtiv  not  slow  lo  say;   "Ik- 
is   a    horn    (.ralor."      In    addivss   lie-    was 
Miiipk-,  direct,  and  ]Krsiiasi\ c      His  suh- 
jicl  and  aiidic-ucc  lo  Iiiin  wc-iv  t-vi  r\tliiii,o 
and    Jack    luMvv    nolliin^.      CInist    was 
;'1K  and  Ik-  nin>t  \k'  heard.      Had  Ik-  lixi-d 
in  tlu-days  d"  St.  I-rancis,  llial  -ood  man 
iiii-lil    navi-   had    a  discipk-.      rnst-lfisli- 
iKss  and  -..sprl  siniplicit)-  WL-re-  iIk-  aim 
<>1    his   litV,    and   Ik-  conld   sec-    no  oiJKr 
pathwav  open  to  nst-fnlncss,  or  to  a  happ\, 
jHai-ftni  end. 

IK-  was  hlainL(I  hv  sonK-  for  ])r(.-ai-hin^ 
an  inipraclioahk-   -osprl.  simply  JK-cansc- 
int'p^'ii'i.U  the-  Scriptnn-s  Ik- showed  that 
Ihf   -ospcj    is    a   litV   a<  wt-il    as    a   creed, 
-nid  that   tlK-  life  is  IJK-  iM-o.hK^t  of  oiK-'s 
trust,  noi  (.nlv   i,,  the  criK^'tk-d  Jesns,  |,ni 
also  in  the  Jesus  who  rose  from  the  dead, 
\vh(.  lives  and    is   possessed  of  ail    power 
in  heaven  and  in  larth,  an<l  who  is  evir 
present    with    his  faithful    .,nes— iriK-   to 
his  own  ].romi.se.      Ik-  showe-d  that  eter- 
nal life  is  in  him,  and  in  ns  hy  our  uni(.n 
with  him   hy  faith,  and   not  in  the  sacra- 
iner's.      '«  ]    am    crucilied    with    Christ, 


111 


l!i 


|! 


WAYS    t)I-     PUl.AC  lllM. 


IK'WltlKlrSS  I  ]\w.  \xl  liol  I,  htll  Clni->1 
livi-lli  in  11K-,  .111(1  llu'  lit\-  wliirli  I  now 
H\t'  in  tlu-  llcsli,  I  liw  1)\  llu-  I'.iitli  oi' 
IIk-  Son  of  ("lod  wlio  i(-\c<l  ilk-  and  i;.i\i 
liinisclt"  lor  nu."  "  What  I  know  \  r  ikiI 
ihal  \oiii  i>o(l\  i>  tlu'  UnipK'ol  tlir  IIol\ 
(iho.sl,  wliii'Ii  is  in  \oii,  which  \  (.■  Iia\i 
(>f(io(l,  and  Nt-aix-  not  \oiii  own?  l"(i 
Vf  ail.-  lioniL^hl  with  a  piici-.  thiixlou 
i;loiil\  (  lod  in  \op.r  ImmK  and  in  \oui 
spirit,  wliich  ai\(iod\."  ,I;Kk\s  liU'soU'^ 
would  hr,  "Christ  is  all."  TIk- doiti  iiu- 
was  loo  >troii<^  li'oin  one  so  xouii^;. 

vSilas  SliiliiiL;,  soinr  tiiik'  alti  r  ]\v  had 
taken  a  colk'^c  course  and  whiK-  .i  ,stn- 
(kiil  in  lluolooy,  was  laiK-d  upon  to 
addic-ss  a  kilc-lun  nurlin^  of  poor  linni- 
l)lr  folk.  Wht-n  llir  sir \  ice  closed  Mis. 
MacW'hirtcr,  one  of  his  aforetime  ad- 
mirers, stepped  np  to  llu  front  and 
thanked  him  for  his  fine,  helj'fiil  dis- 
course and  wnlnred  the  rein.irk  : 

"  I  liked  yon  mneh  hitter.  .Silas,  lufou 
\  on  u()i  <^ranimar  and  the  nsc-  of  hi- 
\\(>r'.:s.  ,Stn\l\'  \  on  an-  ;^oi:!i;  to  lie  a 
profrssor.  1>nt  \on  should  h,i\e  smuu' pit\ 

npoll     poor  lolk    who  h.l\e     '^ot     hill     littlo 


■4- 


If 


i; 


M 


7^    I'lii';  o'lvkTikx  ()'  Hor.wv  w.w 


c-(liicali()ii  and  wlio  arc  out  of  the  ivach 
of  liiuh-How  11  I<:ii<,rHsli." 

It  is  tnif  Ik-  ,li,I  „,,t  f^.,.]  UhnsvU  flat- 
ttiv  I  hy  the  ohsenatioii  that  ho  was 
spoiled  hy  liisjrrainiiiar,  hut  it  awakc-iicd 
111  Iiim  tiic  cousc-iouMKss  that  he  liad 
made  an  advance-,  v.hiu  it  was  uoticcahlc 
to  her.  IJut  Mrs.  M.icWhirter's  ..hserva- 
tion  was  worth  thinkiu.Lr  „„t  in  more 
than  one  direction. 

Culture  ando.)(,d  style  oiioht  to  he  the 
aim  of  every  student,  hut  culture  is  not 
everything,  as  souie  would  make  us  he- 
lieye,  for  effective  .t^ospel  prcachiiio  ;  I,„t 
self-adaptation  is  also  iiecessarv.  Men 
admire  men  hut  detest  dandies  and  af- 
fectation. 

It  niiojit  not  he  verv  diMuified  to  talk 
i"  a  roomful  of  ] ,-  jieople  as  Jack  Fos- 
ter sometimes  di.l,  if  judovd  i,v  ordinarv 
rules.  He  talked  in  the  hn.ad  doric  of 
his  niother  tongue  deiii.erately,  remem- 
bering- that  a  kitchen  nieelino-  was  n.-t 
the  class-room,  and  that  his  audience 
were  not  students,  hut  a  roomful  of  p,,,,,-, 
illiterate  peoj^je.  hun-erino  for  spiritual 
f<"'<l.    the    hread    ..f    heaven.      When    le- 


H 

li  i 
f  i  I 


^-  ^m-^'^^m 


WAYS    OF    I'kl.ACHlNd 


79 


hukid  by  a  tVlIow-sludiiil  for  iisiiio  tlu- 
(loric  ill  addix.ssino  ihosr  poo;  jKopK,, 
his  ivply  was  : 

"  In  a  siliialioii  like-  this  a  luaii  iinist 
«;vl  (luwn  fn.ni  his  slihs  and  n>(.-  the-  iVtl 
which  naluiv  lias  oiwn  him,  and  do  it 
very  hiunhly  to<..  Whtiv  (Kks  di;^iiii\ 
coiiif  ill,  in  low's  caiiu^l  cffoii  lo  coiii- 
])ass  the  sinm-i's  salvation?  'I'Ir-  onh 
hc^-oUin  of  thf  h'atlKT  as  tlu-  Son  of 
man  hnmhlc-d  liinistlf  and  hccanu-  oIk-- 
ditnt  unto  dtath.  Wlniv  was  thr  dio- 
iiily  ?  It  was  all  i<4noniinv  and  stdf- 
ahasc'iiKiit.  Lft  di,onit\  pc-rish  in  siudi 
(.•irtM.nistancfs  a.s  coinj).issiiio  the  sinner's 
salvation,  and  allow  love  and  oood  sc-iisc 
lo  pivxail.  If  it  will  soften  a  human 
heart  and  hrini^  a  poor  lost  sinner  'o  the 
teet  of  Jesus,  to  j^-^t  heiieatll  his  eve  and 
catch  his  kindl\-  look,  and  to  he.ir  him 
say  as  (it  yore,  'Tin'  sins  are  fors^ixen 
tlu-e  ' — use  the  doric,  and  let  the  ei  iitclns 
.^<>  to  the  wall.  It  is  worth  u>in,i;  wlun 
what  is  worth  more  than  the  world 
is  at  stake."  This  was  jack's  ojiinioii. 
He  noted  the  ditTereuce  helwetn  ivadini^ 
an  t-.ssa\   to  a  roomful   <»i   stndrnts,  and  a 


li'M 


I 


So    Tin-   ()'i:kTrkN  ()'  HoTAXv   n.w 

coinpain-  of  poor  old  folk  iiKl  Io^ciIkt 
lo  Hslcii  to  a  gospel  talk.  IK-  saw  tlicni 
lo  l)c  as  tar  apart  as  luavcii  and  (.-.irtli. 

Jack    had    a    tlicor\-  of   his   own.    well 
tested,  as  to  open  air  preaehiiim  and  how- 
to  nianaije  it.      It  was  simply  this:  "Open 
!)\-  sin<,nn,<r  a  h\  nm  of  experience,  a  solo, 
ind    by   de^jrces   the    people    will    oather 
around  the  sinoer.    TIkmi  read  one  of  the 
parahlis  .ind    ^ivc  a   runniniL;-  comment, 
and  ofTcr  prayer;  pra\   to  ("tod  and  not  at 
the  i)e<)p]r.  and  do   not  talk    to  Cod  as  if 
:ie  needed  a  lot  of  information  about  his 
own   world,  the   ways  of  his   proxidciice, 
and   the    kind   of    people    in    the    world, 
Li't  it    he  'pra\erand    supplication  with 
thanksj^nvin,!;.'      In   addressing    the    peo- 
ple  start   on    a  low   key,  then    j^raduallv 
raise    yotir   ])itch    as  you    warm    nj)   and 
jL^ain  in  t^rij)  of  your  subject,  or  as  it  octs 
a    o;rip   of    \(»u.      To    be    in    the   orij)  of 
\()ur  subject  is    to  be  in   ;^rips   with  xour 
audience;  nou   hold   it.      If  the   voice  at 
the    outset    is    i)itched    too   hioh    it   will 
break  before  the  speaker  is  half  through 
with    his  discourse,    lusidcs,    the    people 
will    not    be    around    him   as    interesttd 


9'^ 


i^^^r^^i^F^^iwts^ 


I 


WAVS    ()!•     I'kl.ACIIINd 


Si 


laaivrs,   hut   will   ivmain  only  ;U  a  dis- 
taiKv  as  s|Kctal<.i-.     Oiu's  aim  oiiolu  to 
Ik-   to  j^vt    llu-   ))(.<. pk-   and    to   hold    tlu'iii 
until    Ik'    lias   told    his    nK-ssa.«^c'   and  dr- 
livcivd   hinisilf    from   tht-    l)lood  of    all. 
Manner  and  \(.ic\-  as  well  as  snhjtc'  Iiaw 
much  to  do  with  success  in  the  open  air." 
A    doo    ti-ht    will    spt-edily    attract   a 
crowd  of  men  and   hoys,  and   hold   tluin 
maL^net-./cil.      A    crowd   draws    a    crowd. 
Cur;.)sit\  mo\es  the  masses.      The  lon«^<r 
the   n-ht    lasts,   the    -reatei    the  ninuher 
anxions   to   see   il.      jack    1.  lis   of    a    do^ 
ii.i^ht  which  <lrew  a  hi.i^i^er  ci.wd  to,!.;ether 
in  a  shorter  spacn-of  time  than  anv  i)reach- 
in,i;  ser\  ice  cmuI,!  d,,  ; 

"  In  a  fashionahle  th..ron-hfare  of  the 
iil\ ,  two  d,.o^  ,,['  (liffcunt  l.ii  ed>  met  and 
e\ed  each  other  in  a  <li-nitied  and  ratlur 
contemplnoiis  manner,  and  then  circled 
"lonnd  and  "round  each  other,  and  >niffed 
and  snarled.  e\in-  each  other  in  the 
most  n.i^l\  and  threatening  \\.i\.  iheir 
c\es  at  times  idxinL;  "tit  sjKuks  of  ap.-er. 
'I'iien  suddenly  with  a  -urr\-won\. 
tlic\-  oat  eac-h  otlur  he  the  throat,  and 
simp]\   luld   ,,11  with   a  deailiK  ^lip.      u 


i      4-* 


•ii 


m 


82     TIN',    o'i.UTrkX    ()'    HoTANV    liAV 


[  5 


was  an  up  and  down  tussle.  Virsi  the 
out-  and  llitn  the-  otliir  would  he  on  top. 
It  looki'd  as  if  thf\-  would  j^o  on  in  this 
way  until  tlKiv  was  nolhiuj^  left  of  them 
hut  their  tails  as  nienienlos  of  the  struj.^- 
L^K'  for  niaster\ .  A  tloj^  fioht  is  attractive 
to  masouline  human  nature,  and  verv 
soon  fathers  a  crowd,  and  men  take  sides 
as  to  the  winninin  out-  or  the  j^anier  one 
of  the  two. 

"When  the  crowd  was  satistled  that 
the  doi^s  had  fonj^ht  ion^-  enough,  some 
of  its  illustrious  nuMuhers  set  ahout  sep- 
aratinti  them,  pnlhno-  them  a])art  1)\-  the 
tails,  takino  fust  one  and  then  the  other, 
but  the  slroui^er  the  jnill,  the  more  vi- 
lioMs  the  brutes  became,  as  it  just  made 
them  ourry-worrv,  oiirry-worrv  each 
other  all  the  more.  It  was  just  frij^htful 
to  see  how  the  <lo.i,^s  did  it.  ( )ther  mem 
bersot  the  crowd  in  their  su])erior  wisdom 
saw  lit  to  attempt  a  separation  of  the 
doi^rs  by  kickiuij-  them  ab..ut  the  liead, 
but  it  tlid  not  work  the  wa\-  the\-  ex- 
pected. It  onl\  a^ji^iaxated  the  situa- 
tion, and  they  kept  on  <.^urry-worr\  ino 
each  other.      It  is  the  brute's  nature,  and 


WAvs  OF  i'Ri:.\cin\c, 


«3 


il  nia>-   Ik-  iIriv  is  a   little  ot'  it   in   i1k> 
huiiian. 

"Il  is  a  niaUrr  for  tliaiikfuliKss  tliat 
foik  aiv  not  all  silly  and  stnpid.  vSonit- 
have-  a  orain  of  si-nsc  left  tlitin,  and  it 
liflps  to  save  iIk-  niajorilN.  In  the  very 
niomtnt  of  the  d(.i,rs'  t\tivtnit\-,  and  the 
iM-owd's  nttcT  lR'l])k'ssiKss  to  put  a  stop 
to  the  fi.oht,  an  old  Ilieland  man,  who  had 
been  a  silent  spectator,  l)ra\vlv  and 
bravely  elbowed  his  way  thron.i^h  the 
crowd,  sa\in<4,  ^'"^  li<^'  made  his  elbows  do 
their  best  woik  : 

"  'Hand  oot  the^ait,  han«i  not  the  oait 
(keep  ont  of  the  way),  \e  lot  o'  oamnrals 
(silly  folk).  Ve  no  nnderstan'  j)izness, 
or  hoo  tae  manage  tac  to^s.' 

"  There  he  stood  inside  the  rin,i^,  near 
the  (loos,  and  looked  on  the  sitnation 
philosophieallw  Snddeidy  he  thrust  the 
rnii,a'r  and  thnnd)  of  his  rii^dit  hand  inio 
his  \est  j)()cket,  and  brought  out  a  lor- 
loise-shell  box,  which  he  ta])ped  on  liie 
lid  anc'  then  opened  with  a  look  of  satis- 
laclion  on  his  broad,  bronzed  face.  Put- 
tino  his  fiw^vv  and  tlunnb  into  the  open 
box    he    took    ont    a    pinch   (jf   Taddx's 


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11 


S4    Tin-  o'hrtckn-  ()•  noTAw  n.w 


t1 


siiiiff,  and   pill   (,iic  half   iti  one  nostril, 
and  half  in   the  other,  and  sniffed  it   np 
into   the   reg^it.ns   of    his    inlelkrlualitv. 
He  was  refreshed  and  fell  in  a  mood  now 
for  business,  and  the  crowd  was  all  e\- 
j)ectation.      He    then    took   ont    another 
pinch  of  'Taddy's  Cennine,'  and  held  it 
for  a  moment  between  finoerand  lliinnb, 
and   looked   thon-^htful,   wailiui^   his  op- 
porte  :.,v,  and  then  aiminj^r  fair,  he  cpii- 
ctly   ciUvi   slyly  slipjjed    into   the  eye    of 
the  nicrh  dojr  one-half  of  the  piiich,  and 
the  other  half  of  it  went  into  (he  eve  of 
the  off  do*;-, 

"  Like  a  flash  of  liohtnii'L;  they  <rot 
ont  of  <,mps,  with  a  blood-curdlino-  un- 
earthly yell,  y-o-n-1,  y-o-n-1,  yonl.  and 
made  off  like  sixtv  between  the  leers  of 
the  crcAvd  of  men  and  bovs.  It  was  just 
mao^iiiHcent.  livery  one  was  like  to  leap 
out  of  his  boots,  and  the  crowd  broke, 
every  one  lakin^r  to  his  heels  in  terror  of 
beiu<,r  bitten  by  the  maddened  brutes, 
and  so  the  cro,vd  was  disj)ersed  more 
quickly  than  it  fathered. 

"The  Hielandman  lin<^ered,  >niilcd  in- 
wardly,  wonderfullx-   well    pleased    with 


WAYS  OF  i'ki:Acinx(;  85 

liiinsclf,   and   liij^hly  aniiisccl  at  llic    be- 
haviour of  the  crowd. 

"The  IHtlaiid  nia-.i  uiiderslood  dog  na- 
ture, and  the  efl'ectivencss  of  Taddy's 
snufl  to  snh(hie  hrnte  perlinacitv.  lie 
was  a  man  o' sense.  One  has  to  know 
something  of  the  hnnian  animal,  and 
how  to  man.iu^e  him  if  one  wonld  win 
liim  to  a  better  life.  vSonietliing  more  is 
needed  tlian  an  intimacy  with  books  and 
the  dead  lanjiiuii-es." 


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CHAPTER   VII 

A   CAMI'AKIX    PLAXNKl) 

The  only  coiuhisivc  evidence  of  a  man's  sin- 
cerity, is  til. It  he  K'\«-">'  himself  for  a  ])rin(i|)le. 
Words,  money,  all  tliinj;s  else  are  comparatively 
easy  to  <;ive  auay.  hut  when  .1  nian  makes  a  ^\t\ 
of  his  d.iily  lile  ,inil  practice,  11  is  |)lain  that  the 
truth,  whatever  11  may  be,  h.\-.  taken  hold  of  him 
and  has  him  in  its  possession. 

-y.iw,:-   h'„i-r.'.'  I.,<:v,ll. 

A  S  the  ^'ospcl  had  now  oaiiitd  a  foot- 
l\  i'i}4  ill  Botany  P.ay,  tlie  pa.stor, 
who  was  deeply  interested  in  its  success, 
counseled  a  series  of  si)eeial  .services 
and  the  throwino;  open  of  the  church  in 
connection  with  them.  .\  niohtlv  serv- 
ice in  tiie  Hay,  to  he  followed  bv  one  in 
the  church,  was  propo.sed.  The  people 
were  to  he  invited  at  the  clcsc  of  the 
open-air  scr\ice  to  attend  llie  church  .serv- 
ice, just  as  they  stood,  unwashed,  un- 
kempt, and  in  dishabille,  as  it  was  a 
"  workiui^Miian's"  service. 

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In  the  Hri^oratc  the  Ktv.  Doiioahl 
MacCoU  had  just  such  a  svrs  itt-  aiul  it 
was  a  siiccos,  and  why  not  such  a  sci\- 
icc  for  Botany  Hay  ? 

In  nioviu};  upon  Botany  Bay  for  Chris- 
tian conquest,  there  was  now  to  he  con- 
certed action.  The  work  had  pressed 
itself  upon  a  nundx-r  of  youn^  hearts 
valiant  for  the  Lord  and  enthusiastic  in 
evan<>;eIi/.ation.  The  pastor  was  at  the 
head  of  the  movement.  All  these  xouni; 
people  were  either  directly  or  indirectlv 
the  fruit  of  his  own  lovin*,^  and  faithful 
ministry  of  the  word.  Ik-  was  one  of 
those  men  who  would  never  think  of 
settinjL,'^  another  to  do  that  from  which  he 
shrank  hinrself.  His  policy  was  not,  "  Von 
^o  and  do  that,"  but,  "Come  and  let  us 
do  it,"  and  then  lead  in  it. 

He  was  abundant  in  labors,  loved  to 
l)reach  the  j^ospd  in  all  its  fullness,  and 
was  not  afraid  to  preach  it  in  the  open 
air  in  public  i)laces.  In  fact  it  was  on 
the  Green  in  "auld  Broad-brim's"  pul- 
pit, that  Jack  first  made  hisac(iuaintancc, 
and  there  liad  his  heart  softened  by  his 
presentment  of  the  jjospel. 


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Pastor  Wclchnian   lahoivd   for  and  c\- 
puctcd  conversions,  thron^li   tin.-  i)n.acli- 
in<;  of   ilic  word,  and  Cod  j^^avt-  him   to 
sec  Uk-  frnit  of  liis  labors  and   pcrniiltcd 
him   to  oalhtr  a  lar«^c  clmrcli  of   warni- 
licarlcd,  acti\x-   Christian  workers.      Ihit 
to  j^nidc,  control,  and  k-ad  snch   a    lari^v 
nnnd)cr  of  yonnt;    luarts   intent    on   ai;- 
i;rcssivc    Christian    work,    was    no    casv 
matter.      Christian  (lemocrac\-  is   a  verv 
fine  thino,  hut  it  needs  an  autocrat  at  the 
liead  of  it.     On   the   whok-  his  adminis- 
tration   was   wise,  firm,  and   tender,   and 
he  endeared  himself  to  all.      Vet  he  had 
his  dilficulties  and  was  seen  to  weep  time 
and  a.i;ain  over  them.      In  the  .^oxernint; 
of  others  and  in  the  huildino-  uji  of  Chris- 
tian character,  e\er\   man  loval   to  Jesus 
has  ditTicnlties.     The  Master  hinrself  had 
his  dilTiculties.      vSonie  of  his  immediate 
followers  in  the  l)e|L;innin«;s  of  the  .i^()S])el 
showed    themselves    to    he    onl\-    men — 
narrow-minded,    self-seeking,    impulsixe, 
vindictive,  and   at    times,  cowardlv  men. 
(iracc  in  them,  as  in  ourselves,  had  to  do 
its  work.     It  was  a  v.ork  of  time,  and  the 
vSpirit  of   (iod,  throui^h   the  teachinj^-  of 


A    CAMl'AK.N    I'l.ANM'.K 


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JcMis,  made  men  of  tlicni  like  llicir  Mas- 
ter. 

In  lliis  little  eoinpaiiy  tulisted  for  the 
Lord's  serxiet-  in  Hotanx  ]Va\  there  wert.- 
some  hraw  lads,  s[)iritual  fellows,  well 
read  in  the  Uol\-  Seriptiues,  and  men  of 
prayer,  e.\j)ci  ant  of  j^reat  thin<;s  from 
(iod  and  read\  to  attemj)t  i^reat  thin<;s 
for  him.  The  council  of  war  called  con- 
sisted of  the  pastor,  the  yonn^est  dea- 
con, Dick  Mossman,  An(l\-  and  Alec  Man- 
son,  I^hen  MacLaren,  Rob  Iio\(l,  I)a\e 
Lawson,  .Silas  Stirling,  and  Jack  lM)Stcr, 
and  a  nnniber  of  .^odly  yonnj;  women, 
who  were  ready  to  assist  in  tlie  sini^in^, 
distribnte  tracts,  or  talk  to  the  iiupiirers. 

It  was  evident  tluy  expected  to  win 
in  the  Lord's  battle,  and  that  lhe\  never 
for  a  moment  thon^ht  that  the  people 
o\er  in  I'otany  I)a\-  weri.-  beyond  the  reach 
of  the  iL^race  of  (lod,  or  that  it  conld  do 
nothing  for  them.  They  knew  its  ])ower 
and  bk-ssedness  in  their  own  lives,  and 
believed  with  all  their  heart  that  what 
tilt  ijospel  had  done  for  them  it  could 
do  for  tin-  worst  as  wc-11  a>  the  best  of 
men.      In  their  fellow-beliexeis  the\   had 


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90     THK    o'KKTrRX    ()'    HOTAXV    HAY 

seen  the  powerful  workings  of  divine 
<jrace  and  the  reflected  beauty  of  ihe 
Lord. 

The  followinj^  pro,r,^raninie,  after  much 
prayer  and  a  sober,  earnest,  candid  can- 
vass of  the  whole  matter,  was  adopted  : 
vSilas  Stirlinj^-  and  Jack  Foster  were  to 
conduct  the  open  air  service  in  Botany 
Bay,  and  as  many  as  possible  were  to  j^o 
over  to  assist  in  the  sinoin^.  At  the 
close,  the  i)eople  were  to  be  im  ited  too<) 
over  to  the  service  in  the  church,  just  as 
they  were,  half-clad  and  unwashed. 

The  pastor  was  to  preside  at  all  the 
services,  but  the  conduct  of  the  meetiuij;^ 
was  Lv)  be  in  the  hands  of  the  \oun,i^  men 
and  entirely  free  from  anvthiuii;^  that 
would  lend  the  suspicion  of  officialism  or 
priestly  control.  The  jnayers  were  to 
be  brief,  direct,  and  scriptural,  and  tlu- 
requests  sincere  and  definite.  The  ad- 
dresses were  to  be  short,  crisp,  and  evan- 
p^elical.  XothinL,^  like  a  sermon  was  to 
be  attempted.  Xo  one  w  as  to  speak  unless 
he  had  really  souiethin;:;^  to  sa\-  for  which 
his  heart  and  conscience  would  condemn 
him  if  he   left  it  unsaid.     Kach  address 


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91 


was  to  be  in  favor  of  the  ^ospil  and 
a  coininendation  of  it  to  the  ])eoj)le  of 
Hotaiiy  Ba)  as  a  soniethiii}^  that  had 
been  tried  and  found  to  be  all  that  was 
cl. limed  for  it  by  Christian  men. 

There  was  to  be  an  iiuinirer's  meetin<,^ 
at  the  elose  of  each  service,  and  all  were 
to  be  enconraj^ed  to  remain.  As  many  as 
possible  were  to  aid  in  it  and  all  difficnlt 
cases  were  to  be  handed  o\er  to  the  jxis- 
tor  to  be  dealt  with  by  him. 

If  the  Lord  ^ave  them  an>-  of  the  peo- 
ple for  Christ  and  the  chnrch,  and  they 
should  desire  to  iniite  by  a  ])ublic  profes- 
sion of  their  trust  in  him,  all  were  to  be 
received  who  «;ave  evidence  that  Christ 
had  received  them,  and  this  inds.  pendent 
of  past  history,  jiresent  circumstances,  or 
their  surroundings.  No  one  w;is  to  be 
discarded  because  of  dress,  condition  of 
person  or  purse,  or  nature  of  employment. 

It  was  ary;ned,  "  Christ  Jesus  came  into 
the  world  to  save  sinners,"  and  not  saints, 
and  to  lift  men  morally  and  socialh ,  riud 
after  he  had  lifted  them  it  would  be  u'adi' 
manifest.  They  would  rise  in  the  sov  ial 
scale,    ap]>rcciate    cleanlin  ss,    be    belter 


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ciad,  better  fed,  and  have  soniethiiiir  to 
.i;ive  for  the  maii.enaiice  of  ordinances 
and  the  propatiation  of  tne  j^ospel.  If 
the  Holy  ( Ihost  did  his  own  work  throntdi 
the  i)reachin,«^^  of  the  word,  in  time  it 
wonld  show  it.s^  If, 

In  the  nieanlinie  all  were  to  he  patient, 
tender,  and  charitable,  and  tt)  treat  i)oor 
l)eople  as  they  themselves  wonld  like  to 
be  treated,  and  in  this  way  they  wonld 
aid  (iod  and  the  Holy  Spirit  to  do  his 
own  work  in  the  hearts  of  the  Botany 
Uay  people. 

It  was  a  blessed  conference  and  the 
fruits  of  it  abide  nnto  this  day.  It  was 
an  honest  attempt  to  oet  down  to  sim- 
plicit\-  and  ^<)si)el  heli)fnlness,  and  to 
arrive  at  soniethin,"-  ])etter  than  the  so- 
called  institutional  church.  In  the  adop- 
tion of  the  programme  there  was  remark- 
able agreement,  and  its  adoption  laid 
the  foundation  of  that  churcirs  future  as 
a  spiritual  power  in  the  citv. 

"  It  does  seem  strange,"  remarked  Jack 
after  this  meetin.i;-,  ''  that  tiiere  should  be 
in  the  ]M-ofessedly  Christian  church,  what 
one   mij^ht   term    bi^,  small   men,  whose 


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only  mission  is  to  block  the  way  of  a 
j^ospcl  of  reconciliation,  a  conunon-scnsc 
oospcl  adapted  to  men  of  every  condition 
of  life,  and  of  every  clime  ;  men  who  will 
not  fellowship  the  ])oor  man  or  j;i\e  him 
a  lift  ontof  the  social  i)il-hole  into  which 
he  has  fallen  ;  small  men,  who  for^^et 
their  own  Innnhle  life-hej^innini^s  in  the 
battle  for  wealth  and  comforts  and  social 
statns,  and  who  now  talk  .ulihl>'  <'f  so- 
ciety's demands,  and  a  <;()Si)el  of  cnlline 
and  refinement;  men  who  wonld  hive 
off  the  poor  1)\  themsehts,  hecatr^e  their 
jrarments  are  not  np  to  the  knocker  as 
to  stvle  or  (piality,  and  hecanse  the  pen- 
nies do  not  jingle  in  their  ])(>ckets.  The 
talk  of  these  empty-headed  iip>tarts  is 
enonuh  to  make  a  cnddv  lan-^h  and  the 
ass,  it  is  allowed,  is  a  \er\-  sedate,  dis- 
creet hrnte. 

''The  despised  poor  are  often  found 
to  be  brain\-,  bi.^-hearted,  sensible,  Cod- 
iv  irint;'  men,  clean  :\ery  whit.  It  is 
this  cnr>e(l  social  ostracism  and  \vorldl\' 
feelino-  that  makes  organized  relis^ion 
onl\-  a  semblance  of,  an<l  not  the  gospel 
itself,  crncifvinj;-    Christ   afresh    and    the 


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puUiu};-  of  liini  to  an  oj  ..  slianu.-.  Purse 
pride  is  the  most  ofTciisive  of  all  pride. 
The  Lord  Jesus  has  no  j^lace  for  it  in  the 
heart  and  life  of  his  followers.  Their 
mission  is  to  reconcile  men  to  (iod.  It 
is  the  church's  mission  to  turn  men  from 
darkness  unto  lij^lit  and  from  the  power 
of  Satan  unto  (lod." 

vSuch  also  was  the  ojiinion  of  Deacon 
Manson,  a  man  that  no  one  dare  op]>ose 
in  his  opinion,  as  he  was  mimhtv  in  the 
vScriptures,  a  man  of  prayer,  a  ^ood  man. 

Deacon  Manson  was  the  father  of  a 
numerous  and  godly  family.  He  was  a 
shoemaker  by  trade  and  a  native  of  Kil- 
maurs.  He  had  n;reat  liberty  in  praver, 
a  fine^o^ripof  j^ospcl  truth,  could  state 
his  opinion  with  wei|L(ht,  and  was  held  in 
iil^reat  respect.  He  was  able  to  rule  well 
his  own  house,  and  was  one  of  the  churcirs 
su])stantial  pillars.  He  was  ]X)or,  but 
manly  and  uprij^ht,  spiritual  and  intelli- 
i^rent,  and  to  him  the  promise  was  ful- 
fdled,  ''Thy  children  shall  all  be  taucjht 
of  God." 

His  house  in  the  Gorbals  was  open  to 
the    youno;   men    for    pra\er   and    Bible 


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study,  and  to  stvk  fitnt-ss  for  Chrisliau 
scrvicf,  and  to  practise  the  dtacoii's  ideas 
as  the  very  marrow  of  the  i;osi)el.  Ik- 
was  one  of  (lod's  aristocracy,  thotij^h  In- 
inu  in  a  house  of  two  rooms  and  a  kitchen 
in  an  obscure  street. 

He  had  been  elected  to  the  deacon's 
office  because  of  his  intellectual,  moral, 
and  spiritual  qualities,  and  was  likely  to 
purchase  for  himself  a  ijood  de<(ree. 
'Vhen  a  man  is  not  strictly  honest  and 
oenevolent  in  his  dealino;s  with  others, 
he  is  apt  to  be  what  the  Scotch  call 
shackally  (a  poor  walker)  as  a  Christian, 
afraid  of  the  sound  of  his  own  voice,  and 
ready  to  turn  aside  from  his  own  shadow. 

As  a  man  fit  for  the  deacon's  office. 
Daddy  Mauson  was  Jack's  ideal  :  "  A 
saintly  man  who  could  visit  the  sick, 
sympathize  with  the  afflicted,  and  minis- 
ter to  them  spiritually.  He  had  more 
of  the  useful  and  less  of  the  ornamental 
than  any  other  man  I  have  ever  met 
with  in  church  life.  He  was  a  spiritual 
boon  to  the  youn<^,  stru5^<,din<^  con^^rej^a- 
tion  and  a  j^reat  source  of  strcn<;th  and 
comfort   to  the  pastor.      He  was   not   ni 


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ill-Iookiii;^'  mail,  nicdinni  hcij^lit,  wtU 
htiilt,  with  a  haiulsonio  t>iK-ii  face,  and  a 
pleasant  nianiior  of  address,  a  j^aiicv  man 
(stately  in  appearance  . 


"Mrs.  Manson  was  a  fit  companion  for 
one  fillinj^  the  deacon's  office.  vShe  was 
a  woman  of  fine  bearinj:^  and  sweet  coun- 
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ahoiuulcd  in  j^ood  <kccls,  and  was  a  woman 
of  few  w»)rds.  Two  woiils  from  heron  the 
snbject  of  personal  relij^ion  were  worth 
a  hnmhed  from  any  »>lher  of  the  women 
folk  of  the  con^re«;ation. 

"  Mar«;ery  lived  very  near  to  ( lod,  loved 
the  y^ospel,  was  Spirit  filled,  had  a  warm 
heart  to  all  Christian  people,  and  was 
(pieenly  in  her  poverty.  She  was  to  all 
tlie  yonni;  men  who  met  at  her  honse 
for  pra\er  and  Bible  study  a  sym]xUhetic 
mother,  and  was  often  consulted  by  them 
in  practical  matters  to  profit." 

Jack  says :  ''  The  deacon  took  an  iti- 
terest  in  me  from  the  bej^inninj^.  lb- 
was  interested  in  mv  historv,  dealt  kindlv 
with  me  as  a  lad  bereft  of  all  my  kindred 
and  out  al  ne  on  life's  j^^reat  sea.  He 
won  my  respect  and  lived  in  my  affec- 
tions. He  was  a  father  in  Israel,  and 
when  God  took  him  to  himself  by  a 
mysterious  providence,  every  one  felt  he 
had  lost  a  friend  ;  and  to  the  clnirch  the 
loss  was  irreparable.  But  to  the  younj^ 
people  Marj^ery  was  more  dear  than  ever. 
In  her  widowhood  he  influence  did  not 
wane,  but  <,Mew  more  healthful  and  helj)- 


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(>S     Tin.;   o'l'.UTfRX    n'    HoTA.W    MAY 

till.  Tlic  yoiiiijj^  woimii  as  will  as  llic 
youii^  iiKMi  pri.lUc'd  by  her  saintly,  useful 
life.  Oh,  thai  such  lives  could  he  uiulti- 
plied  in  every  center  of  population!  It 
would  he  to  the  j«:reater  )^lory  of  (lod  in 
the  spread  of  the  }^osi)el.  A  selfish, 
extreme  individualism  to-day  mars  the 
beauty  of  the  j^ospel  and  robs  it  of  its 
power  as  the  word  of  reconciliation." 


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'I'licrc  sIkiII  hi-  sh.iwLTs  of  blessin),'s. 
Precious  rcMviii;;  ;i;,Min. 

AvS  thf  weeks  passed  llie  iiterest  lie 
meetinj^s  did  not  wane,  'ml  it^iew 
more  manifest.  The  days  \\a  .'C  j^ettin^^ 
shorter  and  tlie  cvei  ^m's  chii  >,  and  an 
indoot  service  \v.  Hotany  Hay  was  ninch 
to  be  desired.  It  was  time  for  the  pro- 
posed movement.  At  tlic  close  of  the 
first  week-nijrht  service  Jack  broached 
the  propriety  of  an  indoor  service,  and 
told  his  hearers  how  the  main  andience 
room  of  the  chnrch  had  been  placed  at 
their  disposal,  and  that  the  ervice  was 
for  all  of  them  jtist  as  they  stood  in  their 
work  clothes.  There  was  no  time  for 
a  clean-np,  and  in  the  circinnstances  no 
need  of  it,  either.  The  sooner  it  be.yan 
the  earlier  wonld  they  <i^et  home  to  their 
other  duties.     He  said  : 

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"Collie  n\v:iy,  just  as  you  are.  Fal- 
low iiic,  and  do  not  be  a  bit  ])late  or 
bashful,  for  all  the  folk  you  ^vill  meet 
there  are  just  \vorkin<r  jK-ople  like  \(tur- 
sehes.  Collie  over  with  iiie,  e\ery  one 
of  you,  old  and  yoiinjr  and  nii(ldle-a]Ljed. 
The  Service  is  for  exerybody  and  all  are 
welcome."  In  response  to  this  heart\-  in- 
vitation, there  was  (piite  a  nioxenient  of 
the  crowd  of  outdoor  worshipers.  The 
least  expected  were  the  \ery  first  to  fall 
into  line  in  that  exenlful  march  out  of 
liotany  Bay  to  enter  a  house  of  worshi]>. 

Heading-  theiii  all  was  that  wonderful 
woiiian,  "Coal  Jean,"  who  li\ed  in  the 
first  house  on  the  rij^-ht-hand  side  as  von 
entered  the  liay.  She  had  a  small  sho]) 
or  store,  and  sold  milk,  bread,  and  coals. 
As  she  led  in  the  ])rocessi(>n,  her  face  and 
her  hands  were  all  begrimed  with  coal 
j^uin,  or  dust,  for  she  had  to  sho\el  and 
wci<:^h  out  coal  in  small  (luaulities  to  suit 
the  purse  of  her  customers.  She  was  a 
woman  of  ordiuar\'  si/e,  but  muscular, 
had  a  nice,  pleasant  face,  a  bii^  heart,  and 
an  open  hand.  vShe  wore  a  calico  dress, 
a  dru<4^(.'l  apron,  both  the  worse  for  wear, 


A    WONUKKl-LK    lAl'.MNC. 


lOI 


and  a  white  Hncii  cap,  or  untUJi^  with 
fluted  border,  which,  owiiii;  to  hrr  occu- 
pation, was  not  \cry  clean.  vShc  was  not 
tidy  or  the  least  churchlike,  hr.t  it  was 
a  triumph  of  divine  i^race  to  <;et  her  to  a 
place  oi   Aorship  in  an\-  condition. 

"Jean  "  was  fond  of  a  dram;  pirhaps 
she  thon_t;ht  she  needed  it  to  clean  out 
her  bronchial  ap])aratus,  for  owinj^  to  the 
coal  dust  sellliui;  on  h(.r  limits,  she  was 
at  times  a  little  bit  whee/y  and  .short  of 
breath.  Hut  in  the  use  of  whisky  she 
sometimes  went  too  far  for  Ik  r  own  j^ood. 
vShe  was  a  j^ood-hearted,  social  creature', 
but  a  st)re  affliction  to  lur  own  man,  a 
mean  creature,  and  now  more  so  than 
e\er,  when  she  was  likely  to  become  re- 
lij.;ious. 

*'Jean"  led  the  way,  and  the  rist  of 
the  P>otany  folk  followed  lur,  and,  after 
all,  it  was  a  (pRer  crowd  to  take  to  a 
house  of  worshij).  She  followed  closeK' 
on  Jack  I'oster.  There  was  no  turning 
back  at  the  door,  but  in  she  marched  at 
the  head  of  an  army  and  held  on  her 
way  until  she  was  well  up  the  aisle,  and 
then  around  she  wheeled  to  look  for  her 


<tl 


.till 


!!i 


,fl 


Jr 
t  ,  ■! 


I02    THK    o'KRTrRX    o'    BOTANY    IJAV 

followiiifj ;  they  were  all  there,  and  seemed 
to  think  if  "  Coal  Jean  "  was  welcome,  all 
were  welcome  ! 

In  that   motley   assembly  there   were 
some  noted  characters,  a  kind  of  aristoc- 
racy of  oddities  of  the  district.     Amon«»- 
the  women  were  "  Pirn  Nannie,"  "Specky 
Mause,"    "Wheezy    Mej-,"    the    washer- 
woman, "Tonscy  Xell,"  "Mnckee  Kirs- 
ty,"  "  Margery  (;emniel  1,"  "  Susie  Demp- 
ster," "  Bier  Mary,"  the  twister,  "  Isobel," 
the  tambourer,  and  the  milk  lass  from  the 
dairy  across  the  road.     Amoncr  the  men 
there  was  "  Tani  MacOuat,"  "  Brimstane 
Jamie,"  "  Royal  Charlie,"  "  Sandy  Bell," 
and  "  Hnjrhie  Dnnlap,"  the  tailor,  and  a 
host  of  other  well-known  of  the  Bav.      It 
must  be  nnderstocKl  that  the  above  were 
their  nick-names,  accordin_i>^  to  their  oc- 
cupation   or    natural     characteristics — a 
custom  peculiar  to  Scotch  people  of  the 
humbler  class. 

Of  course  there  were,  as  mijrht  have 
been  expected,  two  or  three  uppish,  fas- 
tidious, crotchety  people  who  saw  in  this 
kind  of  thino:  the  downfall  of  all  decent, 
clean  rclicrion,  and  the  breakinjr  ,ip  of  a  re- 


A  woxDivRFii,  i:vi:ni\c. 


'^'3 


siK-cta1)k',  ]n"ospcroiisconorcqati(Mi.  T1r\ 
were  like  llic  priest  and  the  Levitt",  on  the 
other  side  of  the  road,  and  thon^ht  the 
kirk  was  not  for  a  h)t  of  dirt>  ])anpers. 
It  was  a  pa\in<;  concern,  and  there  was 
no  business  in  brinj^inj^  in  a  burdensome 
lot  of  pot)r,  useless  people. 

They  were  stout  contenders  for  a  re- 
li<;ion  of  culture  and  loft\-,  intelli<;ent 
piety,  and  were  also  the  warm  friends  of 
missions  to  the  far-away  heathen,  yet 
stone-blind  to  the  heathenism  of  Botany 
Bay,  which  was  always  well  in  si<>;ht  and 
within  touch. 

It  has  been  well  renuirked  :  "  It  is  nu)re 
possible  to  love  and  sympathize  with  our 
fellow-men  than  our  capricious  nature 
would  have  us  believe.  We  are  in  the 
habit  of  drawiu*;-  too  many  arbitrary  lines 
of  demarcation  indicatinj;^  the  boundaries 
of  our  love  to  men.  Some  fall  within, 
others  as  surely  fall  without  these  lines. 
This  person  does  not  come  up  to  our 
standards  socially,  another  does  not  share 
our  individual  beliefs,  so  we  draw  a  line 
mentally,  which  leaves  such  outside  the 
line  of  our  love,  and  we  tacitly  relieve 


43  1 

1,1  i 


(3.  . 

■  t- 
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■  "T 

t 


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I 


)  .J 


I04    THK    o'KRTrKX    o'    BOTANY    HAV 


ourselves  of  any  ohlioation  to  tliein  wliicli 
love  would  inij)()sc.  In)r  any  reason  or 
for  no  reason,  simply  l)eeause  '  we  do  not 
like  tlieni,'  or  from  unspoken  inward 
contempt  and  pride,  we  draw  the  zi<r/.a<r 
isothermal  line  that  shuts  jieople  away 
from  our  sympathies  and  affections." 

The  Botanv  liav  effort  was  oettiu"- 
down  to  rock  bottom,  gos])el  simplicity 
and  helpfulness.  On  this  eventful  occa- 
sion, minister  and  deacons  ,i;raced  the 
platform,  also  Adam  the  precentor,  who 
had  the  si  no  i  nor  ^yell  in  hand,  and  there 
was  *'nane  o'  your  wheezy,  .squeaky  ki.st 
o'  whistles  to  lead  it.''  The  minister  had 
all  the  weiohtine.ss  of  bulk,  a  fine,  kindly 
face,  a  bi,or  heart,  and  a  silver  t()n<,nie. 
But  better  than  all,  he  had  a  j^ood,  broad 
j>-rip  of  the  or()sj)el. 

It  was  alwavs  a  feast  of  fat  thinos  to 
listen  to  him.  He  was  a  Welshman  and 
had  been  a  missionary  in  Jamaica  for 
some  years,  and  so  was  not  unacquainted 
with  black  faces  or  poorly  clad  folk.  P)Ut 
the  face  or  its  conditions  does  not  always 
indicate  the  man.  We  look  at  the  out- 
ward, (iod  at  the  inward,  and  he  is  the 


A    WONDHKKri.    lAl.MNC 


id: 


keener   sighted    and    never   makes   mis- 
takes. 

The  pastor  presided,  but  the  manav;c- 
ment  of  the  serviec  was  in  the  hands  of 
the  yonn;^  peoi)le  as  1)t'fore  outlined. 
The  prayers  were  l)rief,  sensible,  and 
earnest,  so  also  were  the  addresses,  and 
the  singinj;^  was  aj)propriate  and  heart\. 
There  never  was  such  a  prater  meetinj^ 
before  in  that  part  of  the  city  in  the  his- 
tory of  religion.  The  workers  were 
mixed  up  with  the  audience.  No  one 
was  called  upon  1)\  name  to  take  ])art  in 
the  j;roceedinos,  all  was  left  open,  and 
there  were  no  Ion*;  ])auses,  or  breaks,  iis 
all  were  ready  to  aid  as  o]iportunit\-  of- 
fered. The  hearts  of  all  were  runninj^ 
over  with  desire  and  exj)ectancy  of  a 
larj;e  blessinji^  in  Jesus'  name. 

A  short  address  was  j>iven,  and  then 
several  prayers,  offered  in  all  parts  of  the 
audience  room,  five  or  six  takinj^  part  in 
turn,  (iod  was  wrestled  with  in  behalf 
of  Hotanxs  people.  He  was  reminded 
of  his  promises,  and  of  what  he  had  done 
for  themselves  for  Jesus'  sake  :  "We  oov- 
sels  hae   been  helpless,  ha])less,  hopeless 


io6  TiiK  (>'i;kTru.\  <>'  hotaw  p.av 


"!' 


sinners  on  the  very  pit-inoiitli  of  perdi- 
tion, and  ahont  tae  slij)  in  and  be  lost 
forever.  I*>nt  thou  hast  been  i)leased  to 
save  us,  and  it  was  all  of  free,  sovereij^u 
j^race,  and  not  for  anythiui;  in  us,  or  that 
we  liae  dune.  Oh,  we  ask  thee  in  Jesus' 
name  tae  dae  for  the  Botany  folk  what  it 
has  pleased  thee  tae  dae  for  r  >,  hv  the 
powerful  work  iu.i>()' the  Holv  Chost  in 
their  hearts  and  eonscienees.  ()  Lord, 
dae  it  for  Jesus'  sake,  or  they  will  he  for- 
ever lost.  Lord,  save  theui,  save  now, 
for  Jesus'  sake.      Anicn." 

In  the  foreo-oiuir  we  o^riu  hut  a  faint 
idea  of  the  jMayers  offered  and  the  spirit 
of  the  nieetiun:.  Jack  say;;  :  "There  was 
adoration,  confession  of  sin,  thanks  for 
all  mercies,  a  pleadin.i;  of  the  promises, 
and  earnest  intercession  in  behalf  of  the 
Hotany  folk  who  had  braved  all  and  come 
out  to  hear  the  j^ospel  of  the  <,nace  of 
Ciod." 

There  was  in  the  cout^recration  a  tin- 
smith, Andrew  MacXair,  who  had  re- 
cently returned  from  .America  full  of  the 
revival  spirit,  and  well  versed  in  Amer- 
ican methods  of  work.     There  was  also 


A    WOXDKRiri.    KVKNINC, 


lO; 


a  onc'-cycd  old  iMi^lislinuui,  a  Methodist 
and  an  iron-pnddlcr,  wlio  liad  come  all 
the  wav  from  Dixon's  furnaces  to  «ret  re- 
li»;ionsls  warmed  up,  as  he  said,  for  since 
his  arrixal  north  he  had  just  heen  frozen 
spiritually.  He  had  heard  of  the  meet- 
inj^s  and  had  to  come  to  help,  if  need  be. 

These  twt)  were  a  host  in  themselves 
in  the  realm  of  the  enu)tional 

The  vScotch-V;inkee  tinner  and  the  old 
iMiolish  jmddler  could  not  and  would  not 
keep  quiet.  MacXair  <;<)t  out  of  his  pew 
into  the  aisle  and  went  backward  and 
forward  clappinj^  his  hands  and  offering 
.short  ejacnlalory  prayers,  and  old  Silas 
Whitman  helped  him  on  with  his  warm, 
hearty  respon.ses  and  o roans,  and  in  a 
little  while  there  was  a  roarinj»^  fire  of 
relio;ious  excitement.  In  the  opinion  of 
some  it  was  Pentecost  over  a<(ain,  in  that 
of  others  it  was  a  crazy  outbreak  of  re- 
lio;ious  feelinor.  Over  the  audience  room 
one  and  another  was  entreatino;  (iod  for 
mercy.  Hearts  had  .softened,  the  flood- 
gates of  the  .soul  were  open,  and  there 
was  .sore  .sobbing-  and  confession  of  sin. 
The  place  was  a  Bochim. 


(I 


Io8    THK    O'KKTIRN    (V    IJOTAXV    BAY 


Sonic  WL-R-  coiiipkttly  ttrrificd  out  of 
their  wits,  and  did  not  lake  time  to  open 
the  pew  doors  to  oet  out.  but  just  leaped 
over  into  the  aisle  and  out  of  the  place, 
as  if  runninjr  a  steeple  chase. 

Anionjr  those  who  ran  out  was  Jamie 
I'lemino,  a  poor  useless  body,  a  baker, 
j^iven  to  drink,  who  more  than  once  had 
had  delirium  tremens.  lie  had  been  in 
attendance  to  ^ratify  his  i)oor  old  mother. 
He  <,^ot  out  of  the  place  like  a  streak  of 
li<4htnino-,  and  as  if  all  the  powers  of  evil 
were  in  chase  to  mt  him. 

Jack    Foster    said    wiien    spoken    to  : 
"I    was    not    prepared  for   this,  neither 
was   my  fellow-worker,  but  if   it   is   the 
Lord's  doino;  we  are  satisfied.     Time  will 
show  whether  it  is  of  the  Lord  or  of  man." 
The  poor  deacons  did  not  do  anvthiuf 
but  sit  and  swino;  to  and  fro  in  their  scats 
and    wrin>>-  their  hands  and    weep  like 
bairns.  Old   Daddv  AlcOuat,  a  dairyman, 
a  l)i<r,  handsome  man,  who  always  wore 
a  broad-brimmed  hat,  as  it  became  him, 
sat    there   with    a   look   of    wonderment 
upon    his    face    and    the    bij^-   salt    tears 
making  haste  down  his  chubby  face. 


A  wuNUKkiTi.  i;vi;m\<;        109 

The  pastor  was  the  happiest  man  of 
all.  It  was  to  him  an  ohl-linK-  rc\  ival. 
Ik'  was  in  his  element  and  luul  a  bnsy 
time  dealing;  with  the  e«jnvieli(l  and 
anxions  ones.  The  deacons  were  para- 
lyzed and  a<;hast  at  the  answer  to  their 
own  prayers,  as  the  manner  of  it  was  nn- 
expected.  It  did  not  come  in  a  soherly 
discreet  way.  They  had  been  praying- 
for  Holy  (ihost  power,  and  that  (lod  by 
his  vSpirit  thronj^h  the  word  would  do 
his  own  work  in  the  hearts  of  the  IJotany 
folk,  but  he  was  n(.t  doin<;  it  their 
wav,  and  the\  eonld  not  believe  their 
eyes,  now  that  the  pei)ple  had  wakened 
up  to  see  their  need  of  the  Saviour  and 
to  seek  salvation  on  (lod's  terms  alone. 

It  was  not  discreet,  there  was  no  de- 
corum, a  sad  lack  of  reverence  and  deep 
solemnity.  They  had  not  been  1  ruioht 
np  that  way,  and  therefore  it  could  not 
be  riiL^ht.  As  if  sinners,  ^loss  sinners, 
suddenly  and  deeply  alarmed  about  their 
present  and  eternal  interests  could  be 
discreet,  decorous,  and  solemnized!  The 
replv  was  :  "  When  a  hoose  taks  lire,  and 
is  l)urnin};-  itsel  doon,  and  valuable  ])rop- 


ill 


"if! 


■:i: 


IK)  Tin-:  o'kktikn  o'  jjotaw  hav 

c-rty  and  pivcioiis  life  arc  at  stake, 
wliere  do.s  (lisca-tioii,  (Ito.nnii,  and  dctp 
solemnity  come  in?  Win,  it  is  the  spirit 
o'  hiinianity  and  j^nide  sense  that  conies 
in,  and  every  ain  docs  what  his  belter 
jnd^Mnent  prompts  him  to  do,  and  he 
docs  it  \vi'  a'  his  mio;ht  and  ri^ht  heart- 
ily too.  It  is:  'Knni  awa',  freens,  and 
lend  ns  a  hand  tae  help  these  pnir  buddies 
tae  save  their  bits  o'  things  '  '  " 

Tiicse  poor  peoj)..-  had  all  of  a  snddcn 
fonnd  themselves  in  a  honse  of  prayer, 
and  saw  them.selves  to  be  ^niUy,  lost,  and 
nndone  sinners,  on  the  very  brink  of 
rnin,  and  were  they  to  be  discreet,  and 
to  hide  their  feelino^s,  and  cro  softly  and 
qnietly  abont  seekin<r  salvation  ? 

Several  had  stood  np  of  their  own  ac- 
cord to  make  reqnest  for  the  prayers  of 
God's  people,  and  anion<r  the  most  anx- 
ions  was  "  Coal  Jean." 

Her  face  was  a  pictnre.  Her  eves  were 
red  with  weepin.[^,  and  her  face  had  all  the 
streaks  of  the  pcebra  as  the  tears  trickled 
down  her  coal-bej^nimed  cheeks.  hut 
"Jean  "  was  in  earnest  abont  her  salva- 
tion and  on    her  part  it  was    real    heart 


til. 


A  woNDi'.uiTi.  i:\  i:m.n<'. 


I  1 1 


work.  Tlitn  cauK-  tin-  al'tir-nK«.tin!^  fur 
iii<iuir«.rs,  at  which  the  llildi-  was  tuily 
used  It)  aid  thtin  iti  scikiiij^  (iod's  wa\ 
of  pt-acf,  pardon,  atul  holiiuss. 

vSoinc-  hiard  iiioiv  vScriptniv  that  cvi- 
iiiiit;  llian  thc\'  had  licard  for  main  ytars, 
and  this  was  trnc  of  ihost-  who  liad  nil- 
Ur  opportunities  than  tlic  Hotany  folk. 
That  tvcniu}^  fourlcvn  or  unnv  prtcious 
oms  ])rofL'Ss«.'d  to  )  ield  thcuisth  cs  to 
Christ  to  be  saved  by  him  ah)ne,  and  the 
nieetiu<^  did  not  break  up  till  uiidnij^ht, 
as  the  jx-ople  would  not  <;()  home,  so 
anxious  were  they  to  have  the  matter  of 
their  eternal  salvation  settled  once  for 
all.  The\'  would  sec  Jesus  as  their  own 
vSa\iour.  Aukmijj^  those  who  came  to  a 
decision  that  ni^ht  were  several  youn<^ 
men  who  became  active  Christians  ;  two 
of  them  studied  for  the  ministry  and  be- 
came successful  pastors. 

The  special  nieetinjj^s  lasted  all  thrcmoh 
the  fall,  and  far  into  the  winter.  Sixty 
at  least  made  a  profession  of  their  faith 
in  Christ  by  baptism  ;  dozens  of  others 
who  did  not  belong"  to  the  Hay  did  the 
same  ;    and   it  proved  to  be  a  season  of 


m.  ^ 


.(1 

lit 


I 


1. 


112    rinc    U'EUTIR.V    u'    HOTANY    BAY 

refreshing    from     the    presence    of     the 
Lord. 

Those  who   had   been   made   the  sub- 
jects of  jTiace  throuj^h  the  word  preached 
unto  them,  soon  chanj^ed  the  character 
of  Hotauy  liay.     It  was  no  K)nger  Hotauy 
Hay,  hut  Kirkwood  IMace,  and  the  house 
factor  was  a  proud  man.      Property  n)sc 
in    value,  rent   and   taxes  couhl   he  col- 
lected, and  there  was  hut  little  deujand 
for  police  service.     The  serj^eai.t  of  po- 
lice  was   wonderfully  well   pleased  with 
the  altered   behavior  of   its  peoi)le,  as  his 
men  were  relieved  of  a  lot  of  unpleasant 
dut\-,  especially  on   Saturday  nij^ht  and 
early  vSuuday.      Hotauy  Hay,  in  a  word, 
was   "  turned    upside   down  "  and   ri<rht 
side  up,  and  it  was  to  remain  so,  as  we 
shall  see  later  on. 

It  was  a  most  siprnal  triumph  of  divine 
j^race,  and  a  standinn^  evidence  that  the 
Rospel  is  still  the  power  of  (iod,  and  that 
the  grace  of  God  in  the  heart  of  any  peo- 
ple is  a  great  moral  force,  and  can  do 
more  for  society  at  large  than  the  best- 
managed  system  of  i)()lice.  The  shebeens 
shut  down,  for  there  was  no  use  for  them. 


A  woxDKKiTi.  i;vi:nix(; 


"3 


Thinj^s  j^ciKially  btj^an  to  look  belter, 
and  tlif  lioiiKs,  iiH)H.'  coiuforlablo,  bore- 
the  look  of  tidiness  ami  thrift.  Woman's 
life  was  easier  and  hrij^hter,  and  young 
life  was  more  joyful. 


.! 


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:(! 


CHAPTKR   IX 

THi".  MISSION'  iiorsi-: 

{ir.Ki-  !  'ti-<  .1  cliiiriiiinj;  >.niiul, 

1  l.iniuinioiis  U>  the  c.ir  ; 
lit'.ncn  with  tlic  c'(  ho  sliall  rcsoiiiul, 

And  all  the  c.irtli  sli.ill   hew. 

''PIII<:  spirit  which  kd  Philip  Dcihliid.oc- 
X  to  compose  those  lines  led  the  ma- 
trons Macniillan,  Dempster,  and  (leni- 
nill,  to  wait  npon  the  honse  factor  to 
see  whether  he  would  not  i»;rant  them  the 
nse  of  an  enipt\  honse  in  the  Macmillan 
tenement,  which  for  a  time  had  stood 
tenantless. 

They  rcqncstcd  it  rent  free,  for  mission 
pnrposes,  and  assnred  him,  ''  It  will  he 
the  very  makin^-  o'  the  place.  See  what 
the  ^race  (»'  (iod  has  dnne  for  the  ]>lace 
alread\-.  A  honse  o'  ])rayer  in  the  dis- 
trict wonld  be  a  heacon  licht  in  the  dark- 
ness and  dann^er  o'  the  place,  and  a  credit 

tae  ns  a'."      Mr.  Kirkwood   was   a  keen 
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business  iiiaii  ixud  iiuinat^vd  his  alYairs  to 
the  satisfaction  of  his  nnnicnais  clitnts, 
and  witli  bnsintss  foivsij^ht,  as  well  as 
Christian  s\  nipathy,  lie  j^ranted  the  free 
use  of  the  tenantless  house  as  a  houst.'  of 
worship. 

Once  in  possession,  the  women  sit 
themselves  to  clean  up  the  place.  Thev 
also  provided  lamps,  benches,  and,  the 
stran<,a'st  thin«;  of  all,  an  old  puli)il,  which 
was  bous^ht  from  a  second-hand  dealer. 
As  described  to  us  :  "  It  was  an  anld  bar- 
rel kine  o'  thiiii*-  aboot  four  feet  in  di- 
ameter, and  had  a  door  b>-  which  the 
preacher  entered  and  could  snibb  him- 
seP  in,  and  live  and  move  in  a  worP  o' 
his  ain.  It  had  been  in  its  dav  a  sjrand 
afTair  wi'  its  book-board  covered  wi'  crim- 
son velvet,  and  adorned  wi'  thick  silk 
cord  and  tassels;  and  a  lan^^  heavv  silk 
frecui^e.  It  had,  of  course,  seen  belter 
days  and  had  accommodated  man\-  ^reat 
men."  The  women  desired  the  i)lace  to 
look  as  much  like  a  kirk  as  it  could.  It 
was  all  done  without  the  knowK'd<,a'  of 
the  two  lads  who  had  been  made  respon- 
sible for  the   mission,  and    it  was  a   C(jm- 


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lib    THK    O'KRTIRX    o'    BOTANY    HAV 

plcte  surprise  to  tliciii,  and  it  was  meant 
to  be  so. 

"  We  were,"  sa\s  Jack,  "  ignorant  o' 
their  onj^oino;.s,  until  they  waited  on  us 
wi'  the  request  that  we  woukl  take  charge 
o'  the  mission  and  <,rie  them  a  vSa])hath 
afternoon  and  Thursday  ni<;ht  service. 

"  Dumfoundered  does  not  by  anv  man- 
ner o'  means  express  the  state  o'  mind 
awakened  by  such  a  request,  and  such  a 
revelation.     We  had  not  the  heart  to  re- 
fuse, thouo-h  our  labors  then  were  more 
than   enough  for  the  stren<vth  and    time 
we  had  at  our  disposal,  as  we  were  now 
seekinjr  to   imj>rove   our  oifts,  if  we  had 
any,  by  attending  evening  school.     We 
went  over  at  the  request  of  the  ladies  to 
inspect  the  house  and  the  furniture,  and 
the  whole  was  a  credit  to  them,  they  were 
assured.      'But   that   pulpit,'  said   vSilas. 
'  is  more  than  enough  to  make  one  stand 
on  his  head  wi'  astonishment.     Such  an 
idea  !  a  real  pulpit,  such  a  big  bit  o'  fur- 
niture,  in    a   room   about   eighteen   feet 
square!'     We  did  not  like  it,  but  there 
it    was,   an    expression   of    the  women's 
.sense  o'  fitness,  and  of  gratitude  also. 


THK  MISSION  n<»rsi-: 


1 1 


"  Others  appreciated  the  iiiissiDii  pul- 
pit and  made  use  of  it,  hut  I  coiikl  not 
do  other  than  n-j^ard  it  as  a  thitij;-  alto- 
j^ethcr  out  of  phice  and  the  height  o' 
nonsense.  It  always  made  me  feel  as  if 
I  were  at  an  immense  distance  from  the 
poor  buddies  who  sat  in  front  of  me,  and 
could  have  been  touched  with  my  hand 
by  reachinj^  over  the  book-1)oard.  Still 
I  refrained  from  j;i vino  offense,  but  when 
I  warmed  up  and  had  a  i^ood  ^rip  A  mv 
subject,  I  just  o()t  out  softly  from  the  ohl 
thinj;,  and  stood  ])etween  it  and  the  old 
people,  felt  more  at  home,  and  had  <;reater 
Ijower." 

It  was  deemed  advisable  to  uet  as  man\- 
as  possible  to  share  in  the  work  of  the 
mission,  so  as  to  j^ive  variety  in  the  serv- 
ice, as  well  as  to  enlist  fresh  talent  to 
forward  Christ's  cause.  JSnch  an  ar- 
rantj^ement  would  leave  the  young  men 
free,  as  used  of  (lod,  to  take  away  the 
stones  and  break  up  the  fallow  jj^round 
yet  to  be  cullixated. 

Jack,  owini;  to  his  occupation,  had  to 
be  uj)  out  of  bed  at  an  early  hour  of  the 
day,   and   was   not   released   from   severe 


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i 


Il8    THK    o'KRTrRX    ()'    ROTAXV    HAV 

labor  umil  a  soincwliat  late  hour  of  the 
cvcniii<r.  Tlie  protracted  ineetinos,  cou- 
pled witii  his  own  severe  labor  dnrin<r  the 
dav,  bejraii  to  tell  iniich  on  his  stren«th. 
and  it  soon  became  aj)parent  to  many 
that  he  was  on  the  eve  of  breaking- down. 

The  vScotch-Vankee  tinner,  the  one- 
eyed  Knolish  pnddler,  and  two  of  the 
yonn<;er  deacons,  were  enlisted  for  mis- 
sion servic  and  with  the  exception  of 
old  Klias  Whitman,  each  of  them  agreed 
to  trive  an  address  in  tnrn  ;  he  consented 
only  to  take  part  in  the  devotional  serv- 
ice. He  was  a  power  in  prayer,  lanfjnage, 
and  miction.     Jack  said  : 

"  I  stnck  to  the  old  man  like  a  brother; 
his  nationality  and  Methodism  did  not 
bother  me  in  the  least.  Me  had  a  warm, 
lovino-,  Christian  heart,  and  was  deeplv 
interested  in  all  that  on.L,dit  to  interest  a 
Christian  who  saw  the  world's  need  of  a 
livin.o^  Christ.   That  was  enon<:h  forme." 

It  was  a  very  easy  and  pleasant  task 
to  address  this  andience,  inasmnch  as 
those  who  comjiosed  it  were  not  over- 
critical,  and  were  alwaxs  appreciative  of 
what   the   laddies  said.      liad   <;ranimar, 


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niisproinuicialion,  and  inistakt's  in  iIr- 
quotations  from  .Scripture-,  ut\er  botlR-rcil 
those  pf)or  bodies  ;  to  tlRin  it  was  all 
wonderful  !  What  the  Iiotan\  folk  were 
after  was  the  sense  of  Scripture,  ( /'d's 
mind  in  doctrine,  prece^it,  and  ]>romise. 
They  desired  the  sappy,  luscious  fruit  of 
(hkI's  word,  and  not  the  dry,  tasteless 
leaves,  no  matter  how  prettily  they  nii^ht 
be  set  out,  or  mi^ht  look  as  to  form  and 
color.  They  desired  the  bones  of  a  sub- 
ject, the  ver\-  marrow  of  the  |H(»spel,  and 
the\-  expected  Cod,  the  Holy  Spirit,  to 
j^ive  them  all  this  through  his  youn<;  serv- 
ants and  their  elderh- helpers.  The\-  had 
a  spiritual  hun<;'er,  and  it  is  said,  "a  huu- 
<;Ty  man  is  ncjt  o\er-nice  as  to  what  is 
set  before  him,  as  lou»^  as  it  is  clean  and 
eatable.  Hunger  needs  no  condiuRMit." 
I)Ut  between  ourseUes,  it  was  sour- 
<"  s  a  sore  battle  to  keej)  oir's  face 
^ht  in  nR'''!iu<; — es])eciall\  wIru  led 
by  the  vScotcn- Yankee.  When  it  had 
couR^  to  MacXair's  turn,  he  read  to  them 
from  the  .\cts  of  the  Apostles  about 
Paul's  voyajj^e  throuj.jh  the  Mediterranean 
vSea.      It  was  a  sea  with  treacherous  tides 


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1  ii 


I2C)  Tin-   o'KkTrkx  o'  hot  aw  bay 

and  full  of  rocks  to  liiin,  poor   niaii,  hut 
lie  (lid  not  know  and  could  not  see  tlicni. 
In  naniin.o;  tlic  diftVicnl   places  or  points 
touched  hy  the  ship,  it  was  siniplv  terri- 
fic the  way  he  pronounced  them,   tlauda 
was  the   Clyde,  and    other   words  in    the 
same   ratio   of    correctness,    hut    he   was 
ohlivious    to    his    mistakes,    and     sailed 
away,  tackino-  here  and  there  l>e;iutifully 
until  he  r.ade  harhor.      He  was  far  from 
heiuo;    self-conscious    or    super-sensitiw, 
and  did  not  know  when  he  was  laughed 
at.     He    could  not  see  it  and    therefore 
<lid    not   feel    it.      I5ut     MacXair    in    his 
own    way    was    a    fine    character    and    a 
liheral  o;iver  to    the    Lord's   cause.      He 
walked  all   the  way  from    Partick  to  aid 
in  the  mission. 

In  the  course  of  the  winter,  of  their 
own  accord,  the  i)eoi)le  oot  up  a  tea- 
meetino",  or  so/nr,  the  term  in  more 
S:eneral  use.  It  was  by  the  mission  folk 
for  the  mission  folk;  there  was  no  ad- 
mission fee.  It  was  not  a  scheme  to 
make  money  ;  of  such  a  thino-  thev  never 
dreamed.  They  had  no  idea  of  uieetiuo- 
to.^ether  to  eat  themselves  rich  or  out  of 


TlIK    MI.SSU,\    HorSlv 


I  JI 


(kbt  or  to  iiR-c't  a  dcfiiit.  It  was  j^ot  up 
in  tlic  naiiie  of  j^ood-ftllowslii]),  and  out 
of  j^ratitudc  to  their  spiritual  l)fUffact«>rs. 
They  wi-rc  after  the  intelk'ctual  au<i 
spiritual.  The  tea,  i)ies,  and  cookiis, 
were  poor  tasteless  things  put  aloni^side 
of  the  feast  of  reason  and  How  of  soul. 
Those  who  know  »Scotland  and  herehureh 
customs  will  readily  acknowledge  that 
the  churches  do  not  ijo  into  the  cookie 
and  tea-kettle  business  to  ])a\  the  minis- 
ter's back  sahiry  or  to  reduce  a  church 
debt.  The  people  ha\e  too  much  s^ood 
sense,  as  a  rule,  to  be  carried  awa\-  b\ 
an\'  such  nonsense. 

The  report  supplied  us  is  as  follows  : 
"The  tea  meeting  was  a  very  homely  af- 
fair; there  were  no  set  tables;  the  tea 
and  eatables  were  just  handed  round  from 
seat  to  scat.  The  tea  dishes  were  of  all 
kinds  and  sizes,  bi^  and  little,  of  differ- 
ent aj^es  and  complexions,  and  of  man\- 
l)atlerns.  In  some  instances  a  small  bowl 
was  substituted  for  the  ordiuary  sized 
teacup.  It  was  a  General  mix-up  of  delft 
and  china,  and  the  sjtoous  —we  will  not 
mention    them,    further   than    that    thev 


122    THK    o'lvKTlkX    ( )'    HoTANV    ISAV 


were  odd  ones,  verv  aiieieiit  and  well 
worn.  IJnt  poor  hnddies,  in  llie  "(xxlm-ss 
o'  tlieir  lioarts  they  had  done  their  hest, 
and  had  j^ot  ont  their  ^ood  men  to  the 
feast.  It  was  remarked  that  the  mosi)el 
had  pnt  spirit  and  taste  into  the  women 
folk.  Their  coilTnre — I  think  that  is 
what  it  is  called  ;  it  is  the  way  a  woman 
has  of  doinjj;-  up  her  head  or  head-j^a-ar  to 
make  herself  look  (lazzlino;and  attractixe, 
captivatiniL;,  to  lead  the  .ijnde-man  to  fall 
anew  in  love. 

"Their  manner  of  dressini-^  was  all 
that  conld  he  wished  for  in  a  people  in 
their  hnmble  cirennistances.  Those  who 
had  not  white  linen  mntches,  or  caps 
newly  done  up,  had  black  lace  one.^ 
decked  with  ribbons,  i^lass  beads,  and 
artificial  flowers.  They  thoni^dit  them- 
selves nothins^-  small.  One  conld  see  it 
in  the  cast  of  the  eye  and  the  carrvin<;()f 
the  head,  and  the  peculiar  e\])ression  of 
the  lace,  when  a  woman  is  jnst  real  well 
pleased  with  herself.  vSuch  an  evenini^^ 
in  Hotany  was  a  foretaste  of  hea\  en  and 
the  deatli-knell  tt)  whisky  and  impnritv.'' 

Kverv  work  of  yrace  has  its  attendant 


TMH   MISSION    iiorsi'; 


!-;> 


evils,  ;ui(l  iIk-  work  of  oiact-  in  Ilotanx 
I5ay  was  no  txctplion.  Sonu-  of  those 
whom  thf  j^racL'of  Cod  had  lifud  out  of 
the  pit-hok'  of  sin  oot  canitd  awav,  first 
with  si>iritiia]  i)ii(k-,an(l  tlien  with  woildlv 
vanity,  and  Botany  I'.ay  eonld  not  hold 
them.  Jaek  said  :  ''  Thty  arc  just  like 
the  wee  laddie  who  stnek  i'  the  lum 
(ehimncy);  they  are  too  bio  for  their 
plaee."  They  must  oet  out  of  it  and 
into  more  respectable  (piarters,  l)ut  th.e 
same  si/e  of  house  in  a  better  nei<>hl)or- 
hood  meant  a  bio^er  rent  and  more  ex- 
pensive ])lenishin,L'  and  that  a,i;ain  meant 
j^ettino  into  debt,  and  it  has  been  said, 
wdicn  debt  j^ets  in  at  the  door,  love  •gen- 
erally i^ets  out  at  the  window. 

There  is  nothinj^^  sinful  in  eontraclin^ 
debt,  if  one  can  see  any  reasonable  pros- 
pect of  meetino  it  when  it  is  due,  but  to 
o(>  into  it  hap-hazani,  jjurchasiui;  wlial 
one  really  does  not  actually  need,  and 
then  to  trust  the  Lord  somehow  to  ^et 
you  t)Ut  of  it,  is  the  very  heis^ht  of  \^\\■- 
stnnption  and  j^neatly  j^rieves  the  Ibdv 
vSpirit  of  C.od.  The  head  of  a  familv  we 
will  not  name,  orot  so  hioh-minded  and  so 


iff 


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if; 
if 


Wtd^ 


124    ;  III';  o'l-KTi  kx  u'   uotanv  hav 

lull  of  lartlily  vanit\-,  tliat  wlu-ii  spokt-n 
lo  about  lur  ahsuuv  iVoiii  public  wor- 
ship  she  iiKuk-  ivi)]y:  "Thouj^h  I  am  no 
wi'  \<)u  hodiiy,  I  am  wi'  yon  in  spccrit," 
iiiid  ihc   answer  ^i\cMi    her  was  :    "  SisUr 

^' .  it  would  he  well  for  you  tac  briuj^^ 

\()ur  body  wi'  \()u,  wlien  you  come 
a<rain  in  the  speeril  ;  if  you  do  ijiat  we 
shall  be  able  to  say  that  our  sister,  Mrs. 

<• is  out   to-dav  and  we  are  j-lad    of 

it.  Vour  brethren  are  not  so  far  advanced 
in  spirituality  as  to  be  able  to  discern 
such  spirits,  when  they  come  to  church 
service  out  of  tile  bodv." 

Mrs.  ( I was  hopelessly  involved  in 

debt,  and  that  may  have  been  the  cause 
of  her  spiritual  a»tend.<Mce  upon  the  ordi- 
nances, as,  when  there  in  the  body,  she 
had  to  look  her  creditors  in  the  face. 

Those  who  oive  credit  are  often  worse 
or  more  to  blame  than  those  who  receive 
it.  On  the  pari  of  both  there  is  blame. 
There  is  often  a  sad  lack  of  crnmption,  or 
irood  sense.  Men  should  not  be  so  anx- 
ious to  force  their  wares  upon  others. 
A  man  who  sells  on  credit  ou,L,dit  to  look 
all  around  him  and  ahead  of  him  as  to  his 


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Till-:  MISSION   imrsi. 


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cMistoiiKis,  tluir  ])i\>«.nt  ciivtuiislaiu\  > 
and  {.'ciKral  upiitatioii.  '.''lu\  <1<»  n<>l  <lt) 
this,  ])iil  fiHTf  tluir  \vai«.>  upon  imwill- 
iiijL(  lnucrs,  and  allii  ward  boast  <>t"  lluii 
lari^c  sak>,  rush  of  busimss,  and  pio— 
IK'clivt'  t'orlnnts.  llnl  it  i>  all  a  crn*.  1 
(k-lnsion  and  a  snan,  and  llu  occasion  of 
niischitf  and  niiscr\  in  fandlirs. 

Mrs.  (i was  owr  head  and  cars  in 

debt  for  dress,  hoirsc  pUnishin^,  etc.  She 
was  one  of  those  who  were  too  bi^  tor 
Uolany  Iiax,  and  she  was  now  dnniietl  to 
death  bv  her  enditors.  .She-  saw  she  ha<l 
made  a  bad  blunder  in  allowing;  lurself 
to  be  carried  away  with  the  i)ride  of  lifi-. 
.She  had  ventured  on  unsafe  iL^ronnd  and 
was  now  more  than  shoe  deej)  in  tl:-- 
mire,  and  only  (iod  himself  eonhl  <^i.t 
her  ont  by  a  sad  and  bitter  e\])eri(.nc(.-. 

'iMic  lady  who  had  ^i\en  lur  lur  fnii' 
dresses  was  a  member  (»f  the  same  ehnrth, 
•uul  this  scandal  was  finalh-  made  a  means 
(»t  <4r;i..  e. 

Deacon  William  I* was  an  excel- 
lent man,  intelli.^ent. consciintions,  si)irit- 
nal,  n])rii;ht  to  a  hi^h  dei^ree,  and  e\^r 
anxious  to  conser\e  the    chnrcirs    oood 


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126    TIIK    o'l.KTrKX    ()'    UOTANV    l!.\V 

n;mu-,  and  so  lie  hronj^rlif  ilucasi-  of  Mrs. 

^'' Ik  fort-  the  (kacoiis  as  one  callitij^ 

f«)r  aUeiition. 

The  man  from  whom   Mrs.  () <.,,t 


her  honse  plenishiiij^;  had  link-  i)raclieal 
jMety,  and  was  rather  fond  of  a  (ham. 
When  lie  oaUed  to  colkct  the  (kht,  it 
was    always    aeknowledj^ed,    hiif    ro    a«- 

tempt  was  made  to  pay  it.      Mrs.  (', 

was   hnsy   reading;   the    liihle,  and  whin 

poor  Mac would  straighten   himself 

lip  to  address  lur  in  the  most  direct  way 
possihle,  she  was  sure  to  have  the  first 
word,  and  to  put  a  series  of  qiKslions  to 
him  about  the  state  of  his  soul  and  his 
manner  of  life.  vShc  conld  not  ])ay  him, 
Imt  the  Lord  would  reward  him  for  what 

he  had  done.     Mac conld  not  stand 

it  and  so  would  flee  the  place  without 
achievin.i;  anythin<,r.  Later  he  had  to 
speak  out  like  a  man,  and  told  her 
straioht  :  "  The  j^ood  Lord  will  not  pay 
the  deil's  (devil's)  debts."  He  lodoed  a 
comidaint  with  the  deacons.  Church 
discipline  is  not  a  verv  pleasant  thimr 
any  more  than  a  "black  drauoht  "  (salts 
and  senna),  but  in   the  body  spiritual   as 


Till".    MISSION    lloISI'. 


I  J" 


Will  a>  iIk-  l»t)(l\  |)|i\sical  nK(liiiiu-  at 
liims  is  a  tH(.i»il\. 

Ill  tlir  (."oiii^n  i^atioiial  s\  stiin,  (li>i"i|)liiK' 
has  to  \k-  iiiaiiam-d  willi  inii.it  wisdom, 
tindciiuss,  and  Chiistiaii  riniuuss,  tot 
in  tlu  iinio\al  of  llu'  olTiiidin^  nKinbii, 
IIkr-  is  tilt.'  risk  of  undin^;  tlic  liod\  to 
|)iii-i>.  'I'lu- ApostU-  I'anl  saw  tliisol(.atl\. 
and  I'lKufou'  fotmsiU-d  ;  "If  an\-  man 
l)f  o\ crlakcn  in  a  t'anlt,  \c-  wliicli  aiv 
spiritnal,  restore  such  a  onr  in  tin-  spirit 
of  nKiknt'ss,  con.sidfiitijL;  thyself  Kst  thon 
also  ho  tcmpl(.(l.  Lit  him  that  ihinkilh 
hf  standfth  take  luvd  kst  ht-  fall."  It 
is  passino  stranof  that  those  who  stand 
in  slippery  i)laces  themselvis  are  always 
the  most  anxioiis  to  nr.i^e  i)roeednre,  and 
to  propose  extriine  ste])s.  After  a  sea- 
son  of  i^raxe  an\iet\'  and   nineh   praxer, 

Mrs.  (i was  exelnded.  hnt   not  to  he 

treated  as  a  heathen  woman,  or  worthless 
person. 

In  time  the  Lord  l)ron,<;ht  her  back 
aiii^ain  to  do  her  first  works,  hnt  it  was  on 
a  siek-hed  and  on  the  very  XHr^e  <if  the 
KH-axe. 

The    Lord    Jesns    lookid    npon    l\ter, 


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III- 


128    THK    ()'i:kTrRN-    ()'    HOTAXV    HAV 

and  VL-l  IVltr  liad  cuK-lly  (ksc-rtcd  him, 
dc'nyiii,«i  that  lie  knew  liiin  with  oaths 
and  with  cursc-s.  Ik-  was  vcr\  profane, 
ytt  the  Lord  did  not  j^ive  him  up; 
"Jesus  looked  upon  Peter." 


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cii.\rTi<:R  X 


'I'm-     -'  DISCII'I.I'.    CLASS 


T' 


(  >ll,     tll.lt    I    (  oulti    li'K-V  l|-   -\\. 

With   M,n\   ,it  tlif  S,i\  iiiui' >  \l-c[  ; 

llr  tlii>   iiu   li,i|)|)\   (  li(ii(  t-  ; 
.M\  (inl\  ( .ill',  (Icli^^lit,  ,nul  hli^-,, 

M\    ]"\,    Ills    IllMM'll    nil    r.irlll    !)(,•    lllH, 

111  lii'.ir  till'  lii  iiii'^niiim' ^  xnui-. 

//V-.V.r, 

'III<<  iiiiinI)(.T  (.f  iiKvtinns,  Sundaxs  and 
\vrik-<]a\ ,  Sdiin  i)r(i\(.(l  looiuiK'li  for 
Jack  I'o.siiv's  .slun.i;lli.  I  Ir  i'an<;lil  a 
cold,  had  coiiL^olitiii  o|"  [hv  luniks,  it  \\a> 
said,  and  had  a  soiv  linic  of  it,  and  whilst 
sick  ahcd  nian\  of  those  poor  pcopk- 
called  to  incpiiic  foi  hini,  Icaxin^  with 
(iiannic  Rodt^ci",  oraniLjcs,  appks,  and 
.^rapcs,  and  other  nice  thini^s,  as  an  ex- 
pression of  their  interest  and  L^nitilnde. 
( iod  was^racions  ;  his  sickm  ss  was  not 
a  \-er\-  ]>rolonned  one  and  so  it  did  not 
make  ninch  of  a  hreak  in  the  wdrk.  a>  mw 
hlood    had    lieell    enlisted    in    thc'  srr\iee. 

'  iji) 


IJ50  Tin-:  o'KRTrKx  o'  norAxv  hav 


llf 


m 


Vonnj;  nu-n  of  a  more  liberal  tducatiou 
were  now  doinj^  their  part  to  hold  IJotaiu- 
Bay  for  Christ,  and  were  intent  on  ser-- 
inj^*-  him  in  any  capacitx.  Hopefnlly  eon- 
verted  to  (lod  themseh  es  they  laid  them- 
selves on  his  altar  for  ser\ice,  and  were 
at  work  in  the  school  as  well  as  the  I5av. 
The  school  had  now  j^rown  so  larj^e  as 
to  demand  the  nse  of  the  main  andience 
room  and  the  two  adjoining;  halls.  The 
last  vSnnday  of  each  montli  witnessed 
nnnierous  l)aj)tisms  on  a  profession  i>f 
faith  in  Christ.  All  the  sittin,t;s  in  chnrch 
were  rented,  yet  thon^h  pew  rents  i)re- 
vailed,  e\ery  one  was  ready  to  s^ive  np 
his  sittinin  to  a  stranger.  Xo  stranL^er 
ever  entered  and  left  nnnoticed  or  with- 
ont  a  kind  word  ha\in<4  been  spoken  to 
him  ;  kind  intpiiries  were  made  as  to 
their  chnrch  connection  and  their  state  of 
spiritnality,  and  an  invitation  was  ex- 
tended to  '»me  ai^ain  and  to  come  often. 
Jack's  sickness  left  him  ont  of  a  sitna- 
tion.  as  the  natnre  of  his  employment 
made  it  difTicnlt  to  keej)  his  i)lace  open  ; 
besides,  his  manner  of  Viiv  did  not  meet 
with  the  approbation  of  the  foreman,  who 


TH1-;    DlSCll'l.!'    CLASS 


131 


was  a  carcKss  man  and  oiwn  to  worldly 
pkasiuf.  Ik-  (lid  all  possil.k-  to  tiini 
the  iR-art  of  Jack's  cini)lo\cr  aoainst  him, 
kst  by  his  iiitclliociuv  and  prohitv  Jack 
mi^ht  sni>i)lant  liim. 

It  was  a  test  of  Jack's  faith  in  Cod  ; 
ont  of  a  sitnation  and  with  nothins;  laid 
up  ao;ainst  a  rainy  day,  except  a  I-ather's 
care.  U>  could  not  remain  idle,  hut  did 
all  the  more  to  forward  Cod's  cause  and 
Cod  took  care  of  him.  IU>  said,  "  I 
never  had  to  boast  of  abundance  of  this 
world's  oood,  yet  I  never  had  to  com- 
plain of  actual  want,  or  had  to  be,«;  or 
borrow.  Help  came  when  needed,  and 
often  from  i;ne.\i)ected  (juarters,  and  from 
where  I  knew  not,  but  Cod  knew  and  to 
him  I  was  orateful.  My  only  indebted- 
ness was  to  lo\e,  and  I  have  alwavs 
sou<,dit  to  live  so. 

"I  read  the  Xew  Testament,  somehow, 
with  eyes  different  from  others.  It  was 
a  matter-of-fact  book  to  me.  Salvation, 
in  my  way  of  looking  at  it,  is  spiritual 
life  through  turnino-  to  Cod  in  Christ, 
and  what  Cod  by  his  Sjjirit  through  the 
word   has  inwrouoht  in  the  man  will  ex- 


tri 


I*:' 


132  Tin-;  o'lvurruN  o"   koiaw    n.w 


})ivs>  itsili'  in  a  ck^iw  in  tin-  man's  dis- 
position, condnct,  and  (.iKkaxor.  Tlif 
man  who  is  in  Christ,  or  has  Christ  in 
him,  is  a  now  crc;ition  ;  ohl  thini^s  have 
passed  awa\,  'htlmhl  all  things  arc-  hr- 
conK'  now.'  'riio  l)o(l\-,  as  woll  as  tho 
sonl,  is  rodcvnicd  hy  iho  bh.o-;  of  Christ. 
The  body  is  his  as  the  Sjiirit's  dwelling- 
place,  and  is  to  he  reserxeil  for  his  use  in 
reconciling;  others  to  him. 

"The  «.;race  of  Cod  is  all-siifricient  in 
our  l)attle  with  self  and  in  its  con(iuest  for 
Christ.  The  body,  as  the  i^uest  chamber 
of  the  Holy  Chost,  is  lo  be  kept  pure  and 
sweet,  and  the  appetites  and  the  passions 
are  not  to  master  us,  but  we  are  to  be  1)v 
the  orace  of  Cod  their  masters.  One  in 
some  measure  must  have  conquered  him- 
self before  he  can  spiritually  overcome 
others.  .\  man  may  control  appetite  and 
be  the  slave  of  his  passions,  an  unclean 
aiul  an  avaricious  man.  A  man  cannot 
be  an  out  and  out  Christian  who  does 
not  surrender  his  will,  ajijxtites,  desires, 
and  passions  to  Christ  as  Lord  and  Re- 
deemer." 

Jack's  teacliino-  was  to(t  advanced   for 


'nil';  oiscii'i.i':  class 


many  of  his  tldrr,  ami  als(»  for  souk-  of 
his  yonnt^cT,  hivthivn.      'V\k\   ouM   not 
sc-c  things  ill   liis  li.i^hl,  and  hv  was  civd- 
itc-d    with    pivachini^    an     inipraclicahlf 
j^-ospel  and  a  .^osptd  oiil  of  all  ivason  ;  Imt 
Ik-  iiinaiiK-d  of  llu-  o]»iiiio!i  that  it  was  a 
,i^(»sp(.-l    of   coinnion  scnst.-,    and    that    tin- 
W'W  'iVstaiiKiit  is  a  coinnion  sciisf  hook. 
"The  oosptl   of  tiK-  _orac<.-   of   (mkI."   is 
a    civili/inij,    ciiliohtfuini^,    and    sa\iny 
l)owi.'r.     'J'Ik'  j:;<)sp(.d  of  Jc-.sns  in  its  t^iaiKi 
lifc-i)riiicipk-s   of    lovt-   and    sflf-sacri fu-c 
proclaims  the-  hi^lKst  idta  and  (.ini>lo\s 
the-  only   adcqn.itc-   motive-    for  tru<.    rnl- 
tinv.     Whtn  tin-  aiim-Js  saiii;  ihtir  i^lorias 
on   the    plain    of    IkthklKin,   tl.c\    san^ 
the  broadest,   grandest    hinediction    tliat 
ever  hlcssc-d   the   world.      TIk-v  san<4  not 
that  they  mi^ht   live  in  eaieless  ease,  re- 
ceiving-all  and  i;ivinj4  noiliiii,L;\  hut  tliat 
the   si)irit   of   Mini  whom    the^    'u-ialded 
mi,t^ht  so  rule  in   ns  as  to  ipiieken  ns  to 
devotion  and  service,  and  thus  hastni  the 
"  ivij^n  of  !>eace  on  earth." 

Jack  l*\)ster  m-ver  conld  he  an  .\nti- 
nomian.  The  prai  tical  working,  of  the 
grace  of  Cod   i-,   (nannie  I-'oster,  as  wit- 


m 


ttL 


m 


I!. 


134  Tin-:  o'KKTrKx  o'  hotanv  r..\v 

iKsscd  by  liim,  would  forever  ]ire\cMt  it, 
if  iiothiiio-  tlsc  (lid,  Hf  htld  that  the 
whole  \ew  Testament  was  aj^aiiist  sneh 
a  selfish,  unserviceable  life,  amid  a  world 
of  helpless,  suffering;,  dyini;  men.  "  Know 
ye  not  that  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is 
within  von?  The  kin.i^ulom  ol  heaven  is 
rii^hteousness  and  peace  and  jov  in  the 
Holy  (ihosl."  His  contention  was  that 
these  and  oiher  passaj^es  snstained  him 
in  his  position  that  the  life  of  the  be- 
liever in  Christ  Jesns  is  one  of  personal 
holiness,  and  that  he  seeks  holiness,  not 
that  he  may  be  saved,  but  because  he  l:as 
been  saved  by  orace  through  faith. 

One  of  the  latest  accessions  to  the 
diaconate  about  this  time  oave  to  him  a 
very  valuable  book,  lUllamv's  "True 
Relioioii  Delineated,"  which  he  after- 
ward found  to  be  most  helpful  to  him  in 
his  teaching  and  preachiuo,  and  he  has 
said  more  than  once  :  "  I  would  earnesth 
commend  the  book  to  every  Christian  as 
one  of  the  best  spiritual  hel])s  we  have  in 
thcKnjrlish  lanorua<»^e,  aside  from  the  New 
Testament  itself." 

Bellamy  was  a  son-in-law  of  the  <;reat 


tf^imm^A 


I'lM-;    DISCIl'I.I-.    CLASS 


'  ;>5 


Jonathan  I'idwanls,  a  Ka<Kr  in  tlu'  j^irat 
i\anv;c]ical  niownit-nl  in  Xiw  I'",n,iL;l ami 
in  tlu-  ci^lili-tiith  cxntiiry.  Ucllann's 
l)()()k  was  written  aflir  {\\v  ^^vva[  i\-li- 
oions  awakminj^,  to  comt-t  niistakiii 
rtlij^iotis  \it\vs  lit-ld  by  nian\  of  iIk-  ])id- 
It'ssi'd  conxiits,  and  to  iMU'onia^c'  intflli- 
<;c-nt  iLjodK   lixiniL;. 

Till-  thon^lit  of  liavini^  a  "  I)isci])k' 
Class"  was  snj^i^cstcd  by  the  ifadin^  of 
a  little  work  i)Ui)aR(l  by  tlu  late  Cliai ks 
vStovtl,  pastor  of  tlic  I>aj)tist  clnnvlK  Coni- 
nurcial  Road,  London,  (.ntitU-d,  "  The 
Christian  I)iscii>lc-  Class."  It  is  an  ex- 
cellent treatise  and  j^ixes  in  siiecinet  form 
the  theology  and  ethics  of  the  Xew  Tis- 
tanicnt,  the  relation  of  the  saved  sin- 
ner to  C.od,  the  chnrch,  the  faniiK,  so- 
ciety, and  the  world  at  laroe. 

"The  Christian  Disciple  Class"  met 
on    vSnnday  at    mid-day  in    the   house   of 

John   X ,   the  Inadle.      It   nnnd)ired 

about  twenty  xouni^;  men  and  women  and 
was  conducted  in  a  i|uiet,  unostentatious 
manner,  and  its  main  object  was  the  sludv 
of  the  Holy  Scriptures  as  related  to  the 
personal  and  relative  dutiis   )f  the  Chris- 


'  ill 


m 


i^^'i  'I'm-;  <t'i:kTrK\  ( >'   iwitaw    i;,\\ 


I 


M 


liaii  lik'.      Till.'  cl.iss  ill  two  scnsons  w  mt 

<'\ir  tlir  wlioK-  ^rKUinl   i..(lic-.il(.<l  in  Mr. 

SIomPs    t.\c\ll(.iil     c'«>iii|n  iKliiiiii.        Thr 

clas.s   Iia<l    a    ^liiiipsr   ,.f    thf    hiin^    and 

ihaiaiiiT  cf  Cod,  tlu-  Tiinitv,  tlu'  fall  of 

man,    tlu-    ,ilon<.inrnl,    llir    woi  k    of    tin- 

Holy  .Sj)iii(,  ihv   natnir  of  faith,  tla-   m-- 

c\-s,sit\-  of  ivpcntantx-,  the  natuit-  and  oii- 

i^iii  of  tlic  (.•linu-Ii,  till-  oMi^atorv  nalnic- 

of   the-   oi(linani\s   of    baptism    and    tlu- 

Lord's  Siipju  T,  tlu-   hilii-vir's   nlation  to 

<io(l    in    Christ,  liis    relation   to  his   own 

famiix,  thf  relation  of  lahor  and  capital, 

t.i'   r(.'lati(»n  of  tin-  Christian   to  >oci«.t\, 

to  ihc  c'i\  il   ^ovcrniiunt,  and,  in   fact,  to 

all    that   concerns  a  Iniman   life   tliis  side 

the  ]L;ia\c. 

'I'hc  occasion  of  jack's  takiii^^-  np  the 
class  was  an  nnhaj)py  fend  and  an  un- 
holy rupture  hetween  the  xount,'-  men  of 
the  lv\an_mli.slic  Association  and  the  j)as- 
tor  of  the  church.  S<iUu-of  its  nieml)c-rs 
had  become  "wise  in  tin  ir  own  conceits," 
and  so  ihey  sui.j-Mested  a  new  i-to/ii/f  in 
local  evani^eli/atiou.      The  j  y  was  to 

reanain    in    tlu'    background    while    th.ev 
adxanced  to  the  front.      Thus  sprang  uj) 


Till.    IMS*.  ll'I.I.    ri.AS^. 


'37 


tllr  "i«>(it  of  liitkllUss  "  iIkiI  wis  t(i^i\L- 
trouhU-.  ll  \\;i.s  jii(»jnis(.(l  that  llit.'  \<hiiil; 
iiifU  .should  pusidi-  at  ihr  niftliu^s  ainl 
thi'  pastor  leiiKiiii  in  the  \isti\-  to  deal 
with  aiixioii.s  iiKjuiiLis.  ll  was  iivxti 
ihoui^hl  for  a  iiioinciil  to  hrlitlK-  his 
oiru-e  or  to  usiiip  it,  hut  oiiK  that  ahsrmr 
would  i^iv*.'  ^iiatri  fi'irdoui  t«t  iho.sc-  who 
look  j)ait  iu  tin-  S(.r\ii-f.  'I'Ik-  pa.sioi's 
pii-srui't-  wa.s  supposi-d  to  i)Ut  a  dauipti 
upou  tin.-  uurtiuin. 

That  till-  ;  opi.sal  would  .L;i\r  oflVusi- 
nii_L;ht  easily  ha\f  hccu  src  ii,  tiuUss  judi- 
ciously prc-sfuti'd.  (  )|k  Use  it  did  iL;i\e, 
wheu  the  dei)Ulaliou  uuwiled  tluir  plau 
ol"  work.  It  stirrt'd  the  pastor's  Welsh  fire, 
and  it  hla/ed  out  upon  the  deputies,  who 
did  not  return  as  Calel)  did  al'lrr  si)\iniL4 
out  the  land,  hut  with  douneast,  sour 
eouutenanees.  In  a  word,  ttie\-  were  iu 
the  dumps,  and  eharai-teristie.alK  of  the 
race  tlu\  declared  he  nii^ht  "  noo  h.ie 
the  haU-  tiling  tae  himself,  as  we  are 
(hnie  wi'  it." 

"  It  was  a  sorr\  hit  of  business,"  sa\s 
Jack.  "  I  tried  hard  to  niaki-  j)tac\',  and 
called  a  meetiu<'  for  vSahhath  moruiu<>  at 


;r: 


iii 


'I 


MJ 


:  i  ll 


.-a 


! 


1  T,>>    Till".    ()'i;UTIU.\    ()'    lloTANV    I'.AV 

till  o'clock   to  hriiiiL;   ;il)oiit   ;i   ricoiu-ilia- 
tioii,      W'c  had  much  |)ia\cr  and  siiitaldc 
vSciii)tiirc    ivacHiii^,   and    then    as    leader 
<»f  the  nicctiiii^    I   k<l  ofT,  explaining   the 
nature  of  the  business  we  had  to  transact. 
"I    "^o'     'H    to  show    how   and    where 
out  niisia.  .    had  heiu   made,  and  how  a 
reconciliation    mi^ht    he   effected,   if    we 
would  set  about  it  in  th.e  ri^^ht  spirit,  as 
it  was  desirable'  that  the.^(U)d  work  should 
now  ^^i)  forward.      We  were   the  \()un,t;er 
and  less  e.\i)erienced,  and  oui^hl   to  ^ive 
way  to  the  pastor  and  esteem  him  highly 
in  lo\e  for  his  work's  sake,  even  thou.i^h 
it   miohi   be    he   had   erred   in   his  treat- 
ment of  our  dej)uties. 

"  In  a  (juarrel  then-  are  ocnerally  two 
parties,  and  if  we  would  settle  it  amic:i- 
bly  we  must  '^\w  and  take.  If  we  could 
not  <rct  the  first  best,  let  us  take  the 
second  in  the  interests  of  Christ's  cause. 
"The  jxistor  was  called  in,  and  on 
behalf  of  the  nouui;-  men  I  made  a  state- 
ment explain iii«,r  <)„i-  past  and  present 
attitude  to  him,  as  one  of  esteem  and 
love,  and  as  one  of  readiness  to  co-oj)erate 
with  him  in  ever\  «;(„k1  word  and  work. 


i:il.    IHSCII'I.K    CLASS 


KV) 


I  exprossid  rc«^M\t  at  wlial  liad  taken 
l)larf  and  the  (U.siiv  that  what  had  liap- 
piiiid  throii.i^h  an  nnhai)j)\  niisiMuUr- 
.standino  nii-^ht  Ir-  hnricd  and  foi^oltin 
and  Christ  j^loiifud. 

"  'IMk-  pastor  to  a  nnndnr  of  ns  srtnud 
to  take  tliinj^s  t-oolly,  though  in  rialit\ 
hf  did  not  ;  he  only  sonj^ht  to  iniprow 
tJK-  opportnnity  hy  }4;ivinj^  a  little  whole- 
some advice,  which  onlv  tended  to  au- 
j^ravate  the  sitnation. 

"When  he  retireil  there  was  a  scene. 
I  was  charjj^ed  with  heinjn  i"  colhision 
with  the  pastor,  and  that  it  was  all  a  pnt- 
np  job  between  ns.  It  was  too  evident 
that  the  breach  had  been  widened.  Satan 
had  the  inside  track  that  morning.  Like 
all  others  of  the  peacemaking^  kind,  I 
came  in  for  a  tonj^ne  .scorch in<i^  from  (»ne 
of  the  wonld-be  leaders  who  said  to  me  in 
bloodcnrdlinjLj;  tones:  '  I  tell  \(>n,m\  Nonn.ir 
man,  I  wonld  ratlur  have  pnt  that  ri^ht 
hand  into  the  fire  and  held  it  there  nnlil 
it  was  bnrnt  clean  off,  than  have  made 
the  Inunblini^  confession  von  have  jnst 
made.  I  am  done  with  \on.  \'on  are 
nothinj;  bnt   a   poor   lick-spittle  of  a  fel- 


I 


I 


't  i 


'■m 


I  I"   riir:  o'ik  ri  i<\  o'  noi  .wv  i-^y 


1"'\\.  aii.l  \(Mi  wc.iil.l  ,ilIo\v  him  l(»  (l<Mil.k- 

\<»ll    U|.   .111(1    (litllt    (wijK  )   tin-    11, ,.,1     ui'    \i. 

^""    ■"*    ""'.\    ;»    .K^iiil    ill   «lis.-;iiisi-,  and 
l«'Ik  w  ill  liiid  \,,ii  uiii  \».l  I  ' 

"  I'i'-iii  iIkiI  (la\  luiwiiid  wi'  c-oiild  iK.i 
walk  to-illn.1  ;  ]\v  was  my  swoni  (.ikimn. 
Such  sr|):irati(.ii  in  Christian  work  was 
"1  ii"'ii  ill  my  .s.inl.  as  I  was  nni  piv. 
pari-d  lor  suih  slnl)I)»>rn,  sour  ])ri(lf.  I 
l"iin<l  it  hard  i..  ucomik'  with  the  tcach- 
iii.i^s  ,,r  ,,m-  (kar  I... id.  The-  sitn.uion 
iKarly  hioki-  m\    luait. 

"  it  has  JHvn  .said,  '  TIk-  i)ractical  v.iIik- 
"I  our  (.pinions  (kpciids  l.ii-ch  iii)on  iIk' 
estimate-  wt.'  i)latx'  npon  tlicni.     One  man 
kci  ps  hiso])inions  with  his  i)ockc't  cliancc- 
and   thi'\- arc-  continnallx'  i  han^rino- ;   an- 
otlur  tnasniis   (.xcry   o])inion   Ik-   forms 
as  tlu-  t-vprt'ss  imaj^c  oi  his  charact<.-r,  and 
flings  to  tlK-in  as  Ik- ciin.ns  to  his  char- 
acter.     l\-opk-  who  tVc-l   that   tlicir  oi)in- 
ioiis    arc    hardlx-    worth    holdino,    raivly 
Imd    occasion    t<.    trsr    thi-in,  while  those 
who  think  that  all  nun  are  horn  w  itli  the 
ri.i^ht  to  an  opinion  ahont  exi  r\  tliiiiL,.-  h;i\-e 
so  man\- as  to  form   an   >  PVctual   hanitr 
to  their  own  inlellectnai    p-.o^ress.      JVr- 


f--=^. . 


Ill  I-.     1»IM   ll'|,|-     Cl..\>> 


«  !• 


h:\\^>  till'  .stiiisl  \\.i\  ti>  .1  iu>t  «.>tiiii.itt  III 
llu-  \.iIiU'  <'l  <iiu'>  iq>iiiiiiii  is  1(1  lu'^iu 
with  ii  \\i\  ;';.i(ii->i.  lij^tiu,  .iiul  ;i  !ii  I.,  il 
;is  liiiu- shall  show  its  (Hi.ilitii  >.  '',  'Mnr.s 
arc-  likf  lioisis  in  tin  Lui  that  <.ii,  i  \- 
pi'i  i(  ucf  can  iiMal  tluii  ital  woitli. 
I'litil  \\c-  an  suit.'  (.f  lluiu  \\r  should 
hold  tluni  with  lioth  i\(.s  njnii.' 

"I  itlali-d   llu-   Uoiddi-  ihion^h  wliiih 

I  was  |)assin'^  l(»  a  wiuialiK-  Inotlu-t.  .wmI 
how  son-  I  Kit  at  luarf.  'Jai-k/  s.;id  lu. 
'  il  is  a  ])arl  o|'  \onr  idiualion,  auA  jiist 
as  ncc'dliil  as  aii\  xt.ii  max  ni-riv  r  at 
C(dk-_!L;i-.  il  is  uit-dt'ul  that  \oii  i;*.  t  a 
know  k-d_L;c-  ot  nun  jiist  as  nnu  h  as  to  ^i 
an  ar(|uaintancc-  with  hooks,  and  i\rn 
llu-  hook  ilscll".  It  is  lUidt'nl  that  w  r 
1k-  lanohl  thai  llu-  w  hok-  work  of  .^lai-i- 
is  not  doui-  llu-  ni'inunt  a  ]iooi  .siniui 
Inrns   to  (;,ii|    thionu;h  lailh    in    his  S(»n, 

II  is  line  \\v  is  jiistiliid  and  roi^iviii 
throniL^h  Cliiist's  inliiiiu  i-uiit,  and  is  in 
a  .seiisr  sanc-lifu-d  ihroii'^h  i'aiih  in  him. 
He  has  llu-  IIo]\  Spirit  as  ihe  s^a]  ,,f 
and  wiliuss  to  his  lailh  in  Christ.  Ik- 
has  him  rii^hl  in  llu-  i-  ni]i]i-  ot"  his  liodv- 
and  h\-  llu-  dixiiu-  i-miijN   within  him  lu- 


•111 


;(    ii 


if 


ih 


!    ! 
!    i 


If 


142   THK  ()'i;ktir.\    o'    HoTAXV    r.AV 

is  to  work  out  his  own  dclivfrancc  from 
the  power  of  evil  habits  and  passions  and 
from  association  with  vile  persons.  He 
is  to  orow  in  the  ^race  and  in  the  knowl- 
edge of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  ''All  we 
with  open  face  heholdini^  as  in  a  mirror 
the  ijlory  of  the  Lord  are  changed  into 
the  same  ima^e  from  jjlory  to  i^lorN ,  even 
as  hy  the  vSpirit  of  the  Lord."  "  Tliere  is 
first  the  blade,  then  the  ear,  then  the  full 
corn  in  the  ear."  The  Christian  life-  is 
no  "hop,  stij),  and  jump"  into  complete 
holiness  and  oood  sense.  It  is  a  growth, 
and  the  plant  which  the  Lord  has  set  out 
in  his  oanUn  needs  a  lot  of  attiiitiou, 
frequent  earth-stirrino;  in  the  way  of  trials, 
afflictions,  and  sorrows,  and  it  mav  be, 
to  be  well  watered  with  strong  crviui^ 
and  tears,  as  well  as  warmed  and  coaxed 
into  life  by  close  communion  with  (lod 
himself  throui^h  faith  in  Christ. 

" '  Xow  look  you  here;  it  must  be 
understood  that  all  who*  are  saved  bv 
.Urace  throuL^h  faith  are  saved  to  serve. 
vSaKalion  by  ^race  does  not  make  us 
masters,  but  bond-slaves.  //  ]•  do  not  run 
the  business,  but  tlu'  Spirit  of  (iod  in  u.s 


--   ■■-*"  '■ 


TIN-:    DISCIIM.H    CLASS 


'4.^ 


(Iocs  it,  and  \vf  haw  to  takf  our  place, 
and  kci])  <>n  st-rvin^  (iod  with  iv\(.icik'c 
and  jj^odlx'  iVar.  What  (iod  in  ^nal 
nicrc\-  lias  !L;i\cn  ns  \vc  aiv  to  hand  on  to 
thr  next  man  who  has  a  like  necessity. 

"  '  And  fnrther,  my  yonn^  friend,  let 
me  say  to  xon,  -and  bear  it  continnalK  in 
mind, — the  local  chnrch  is  not  a  kind  of 
S(»cial  clnl),  or  mutnal  admiration  society, 
whose  numbers  meet  re^nlarly  to  sit  down 
to<;elher  in  lo\in.i^  conxerse,  just  like 
lovers,  to  coo  and  coo  and  coo  like  turtle 
do\es.  That  kind  (»f  thiiijLi  mij^ht  be  \ery 
pleasiui^  to  many,  and  a  thinj^r  to  be  de- 
sired, but  I  assure  nou  that  there  is  neither 
time  nor  room  for  such  ^affaw  of  sillx' 
nonsense.  If  man's  condition  in  the 
other  woild  as  a  sinner  sa\ed  by  t;race, 
is  hol\  scrxice,  as  the  book  teaches,  it 
does  not  hide  from  trs  the  truth  that  lie 
is  to  serve  him  in  the  temple  of  his  body 
here.  The  redeemed  man  has  a  ministry 
of  rei'onciliation  t<»  fulfdl  and  he  serves 
best  who  suffers  most  for  his  Rcdeenur 
and  I.ord.  'iMie  man  sawd  by  <.;;race 
throut^h  faith  is  one  of  (iod's  i.,>^reat  arnn, 
lo\e-enlisti(l   to   i)Ut   down    all    kinds   of 


il 


144    ''"'■•  o'KkTrkN  o'   noTAxv  hay 


V  ■ 


h 

! 

\ 


ivhfllion  in  liiinsclf  as  well  as  in  otlKis, 
ICwiy  man  is  a  kini^doni  in  himself, 
and  if  he  can  rule  himself  well,  he  is  in 
a  fair  way  to  j^oxern  others. 

"  '  "The  weapons  of  oiir  warf;ire  are  not 
carnal,  hnt  st)iritnal,  and  mi<;hl\  throu.i;h 
(iod,"  "  I'o.-  as  many  as  are  led  hv  the 
vSpirit  of  (iod  are  the  vSons  of  Cod."  Ihit 
we  cannot  at  a  sin^^le  "lance  see  all  these 
things.  The  operations  of  orace  endure 
throu<,di  life.'" 

Jack  would  and  could  sit  with  delight 
at  the  feet  of  any  old  servant  of  Jesus, 
even  at  the  feet  of  "auld  Ivlias  Whitman, 
the  oue-exed  Methodist,"  who  thoULjh 
poorly  educated  was  rich  in  faith  toward 
(Iod.  It  is  said  that,  "He  who  makes 
two  blades  of  ^rass  to  <;row  where  there 
was  only  one  before,  is  a  pid)lic  bene- 
factor; how  much  more  is  he  who  o;ives 
momentum  to  a  movement  which  will 
train  men  and  women  and  fit  tl:em  to  ljo 
out  and  li\e  and  work  for  (iod,  and  the 
jL^ood  of  their  fellows." 

There  was  now  in  the  church  a  nucleus 
of  earnest,  devoted,  and  inlelli^eut  xouuj.; 
people  known  as   "The   Christian    Disci- 


Till';    IHSCIl'I,!';    CLASS 


M.S 


pic  Class/'  and  the  time  of  their  IcstiiiM 
was  at  hand. 

Christ's  instrnctions  tonchino  offenses 
had  been  neglected  hy  those  wdu;  onj^ht 
to  have  known  better,  and  in  the  most 
serious  way  tlie  chnrch's  visible  existence 
was  threatened.  lint  it  would  not  be 
jndicions  to  raise   the  cnrtain   too  his^h  ; 

snfficcittosax,  thesi)iritof  partx  ism  bei^an 
to  manifest  itself  in  the  chnrch,  revealino- 
how  far  men  mioht  oe^  awa\-  from  the 
spirit  of  the  Master,  and  be  narrow,  jeal- 
ons,  and  vindictive. 

The  root  of  the  whole  troid)le  was  the 
pastor's   resignation.      Those   who   were 
least  friendly  and   hclpfnl  before  it   had 
taken  effect,  were  now  his  most  attached 
friends  and  anxions  to  retain  his  services. 
The   action   or  attitnde  of   the  senior 
deacon   on    some   tridin^    famil\-    mattiT 
was  reoarded  as  the  occasion  of  the  pas- 
tor's resionalion,  and  the  disaffected  ones 
placed  the  burden  of  the  sin  of  sei)aration 
on    the   senior   deacon.      lie  was   in   the 
opinion   of  many  abont   the  only  bit   of 
sonnd    timber   in    the  entire  rib-work   of 
the  ecclesiastical  bark. 


la 


i 


.Ir 


146    TIIK    o'KUTIRX    o'    HOTAW    HAV 


w\ 


i-  I 

i^ ! 
(i! 


l-'or  a  series  of  years  lie  had  been  the 
])ast<)r's  most  trusted  friend,  a  liberal  sup- 
porter, and  a  eaj^able  adviser.  Of  course 
he  was  not  absolutely  free  from  fault, 
vet  he  was  more  than  an  ordinary  Chris- 
tian and  filled  the  office  of  a  deacon  well. 

The  separation  of  pastor  and  people 
ha<l  been  effKHed.  The  ])astor  had  ac- 
cepted of  another  charj^e,  had  uuide  his 
arrauj^ements  to  move,  and  then  resij;ned, 
a  pid)lic  farewell  had  been  <:^i\en  and  a 
presentation  made,  and  the  thin<i^  could 
not  be  tindone. 

The  uiinister-di  icon  difference  was 
dra<^.i;ed  into  the  church  meetiuj^  on  the 
past(jr\s  retirement,  and  the  dissatisfied 
ones  demanded  the  expulsion  of  the  sen- 
ior ileacon  before  callinj^  another  pastor. 
Minister  and  deacon  had  never  met  to 
settle  their  diflerencc,  no  third  party  had 
come  in  between  tluMU  to  arbitrate  and 
settle  the  quarrel,  if  any,  but  the  tiling 
was  thrown  into  the  chnrch-meetino-  at 
a  time  when  there  was  no  one  rd)le  cnon^^h 
to  steer  the  ship. 

Several  nieetini>s  were  held  to  brin^- 
about    tlu-   deacon's    expulsion    and    the 


'■<•  \h 


TlIK    DlSCirUK   CLASS 


m; 


proccediniis  coiitimtcd  to  an  uiitiuK-lv 
]i  >ui-  of  the  iiiolit.  When  sciisihlc  peo- 
ple were  tired  out  and  had  retired,  the 
minority  took  a  snap  vote  and  expelled 
the  deacon  from  office. 

They  had  the  reins  of  j^^overnment  for 
a  time,  until  means  were  taken  to  reverse 
the  vote  and  re-instate  the  deacon.  On 
his  re-instatement  by  more  than  a  two- 
thirds  majority,  the  minority  retired,  the 
distracted  body  had  peace,  and  spiritual 
prosperity  returned.  If  pastor  and  dea- 
con had  been  men  enouj^h  to  meet  to 
settle  their  differences  as  Christ  instructed 
them,  or  if,  havin<,r  failed,  they  had  set- 
tled it  by  arbitration,  it  would  have  pre- 
vented many  unseemly  scenes  and  an 
unholy  strife.  It  is  a  o;reat  pity  that 
where  no  Christian  i:)rinci])le  is  at  stake, 
any  jiastor  should  allow  himself  to  be 
made  the  occasion  of  a  division. 

The  majority  of  our  church  quarrels 
are  occasioned  by  the  nes^lect  of  Christ's 
own  explicit  law  tt)uchin,o-  offenses,  as 
laid  down  in  Matthew  eighteenth,  and 
also  in  the  fifth  chapter. 

Jack  Foster  and  the  younj^  people  in- 


h 


I'  ! 


iri 


t  . 


I4S    THK    o'KRTrKX    (V    HOTAW    HAV 

stnicted  by  him  stuck  to  the  church.  If 
there  was  a  wrouo,  atul  if  it  uiust  he 
ricrhted,  it  uiust  first  he  proved,  and  theu 
riohted  in  Christ's  own  way.  The  dea- 
con must  he  re-iustated,  dealt  with  scrip- 
turally,  and  if  found  at  fault  and  recalci- 
trant, disciplined.  There  Jack  stood  until 
fully  two-thirds  of  the  people  stood  hy 
him  ;  and  it  was  the  moral  salvation  of 
the  cause. 

While  the  agitation  lasted,  it  was  the 
"  Christian  Disciple  Class "  on  a  l)i.<. 
scale,  with  a  sprinkling  of  r.nruly  mem- 
bers. It  was  a  painful,  yet  healthful  ex- 
perience. 

"  One  of  the  needs  of  the  averaoe  man 
is  an  adecpiale  idea  of  moral  power.  I\w 
people  stop  lon.o-  enouj^h  in  the  hurry  of 
life  to  consider  the  fundamental  truths 
of  their  relation  to  Cod  and  to  their  fel- 
low-man. IMany  are  surprised  when  they 
are  told  that  man  is  a  moral  beino-  in  a 
moral  universe.  They  are  further  sur- 
prised to  learn  that  it  is  impossible  to 
conceive  of  moral  (government  without 
the  (y\ani  of  rewards  and  the  inflictino  of 
penalties.      ( )blioration,  duty,  or  whatever 


TH1-;    DISCll'LK   CLASS 


149 


yon  call  it,  is  a  constant  factor.  Ijfc  is 
a  i)rol)ation.  The  orcatcr  one's  conscions- 
ncss  of  this  fact,  the  larj^cr  is  the  possi- 
bility of  one's  livin«;  a  rij^^ht  life." 

Jack  became  a  stndent  at  the  Univer- 
sity and  Divinity  Hall  and  conld  not 
give- the  class  the  attention  it  merited, 
and  so  in  th.e  third  vear  of  his  colle-c 
conrse  he  had  to  close  his  connection 
with  it.  The  members  of  the  class  gave 
him  as  ;  parting  gift  three  very  nsefnl 
books,  Thomson's  "Land  and  the  Hook," 
Fleming's  "  Mannal  of  Moral  Philoso- 
phy "  and  his  -  Mannal  of  Philosophical 
Terms,"  and  no  better  or  more  timely 
gift  conld  have  been  made  him. 

The  following  inscription  is  fonnd  in 
each  of  the  three  volnmes  given  to  him 
by  the  class : 

CHRISTIAN    DISCIPLR   CLASS. 

Presented  to  Mr.  Jack  Foster  as  a  small 
token  of  the  class'  gratitnde  for  the  tni- 
tion  received,  and  for  the  earnest  labors 
pnt  forth  for  their  advancement  morally 
and  spiritnally,  and  as  an  Ivbenezer  of 
the  many  ha]ij)y  seasons  s^xMit  bv  them 
as  Bible  students. 


M 


m    I 


I 


150   THK    O'llkTlRX    O'    noTAXV    HAV 

Prayinjj^  that  his  own  soul  iiiav  be  ever 
kept  bnrninj^  with  love  to  the  vSavioiir, 
and  that  his  labors  may  be  ever  l)lesse(l 
to  the  winninjr  of  souls  to  Christ,  and 
(io<l  iu  all  glorified. 

May  15.  1863. 


IH 


'  I 


'■I 


CHAPTI'R  XI 

JACK    AT    TIIH     rxiVKkSITV 

So  Niiuly  cvt-rinore  i^  ()\fr>Ii()t  : 
W'liilc  it  (Intli  >tu(ly  to  li.ive  wli.ii  it  wmild, 
It  (idtii  l"or>,'i-t  to  do  tlif  tiiiiij,'  it  should  ; 
And  wiifii  it  li.itli  tlu'  tliiiij,'  it  Iiiintclh  most, 
'I'is  won,  iis  towns  witli  fire  ;  so  won,  so  lost. 

''J'^HK  niiivtrsity  l)uil(lin<.js  wt-rc  vt-rv 
1  ancifiil,  and  wt-nt  back  to  the  tiims 
of  ''Zacharv  Hoyd/'  and  the  Middle  Ao^s. 
The  style  was  irothic  and  the  walls  fiie- 
stoiie,  and  many  of  the  windows  and 
doorways  had  cnrions  stone  eai\inos. 
There  were  four  Conrts,  fiiM  the  Divinity, 
second  the  Arts,  the  third.  Law  and  Medi- 
cine, and  the  fotirth  the  Ilnnterian  Mn- 
setnn,  and  beyond  all  the  colk-oe  i^reen, 
or  park,  which  coxered  many  acres. 

In  the  fall  of  i860  there  were  about 
two  thousand  students  iji  attendance  on 
classes,  and  the  "  humanitv,"  the  most 
largely   attended   of  all.     On  the  north 

i5» 


i 


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i 


4;  f  f  i 


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: 


152    TIM-:    o'KkTlUN    < )'    HoTAW    HAY 


I:: 


skIc  of  till-  nnivirsily  Minaivs,  farthtr  up 
IIi,i;h  Slivel,  ilure  was  a  kind  of  private 
>tuvt  will  IV  the  proffssors  resided,  and 
it  was  the-  custom  after  Jiayiuj^-  a  .i;iiiuca 
for  iiialricMdatioii,  to  npair  to  tin-  house 
ot  the  professor  whose  chis.scs  one  would 
enter,  pa\  the  class  fee,  and  recei\e  the 
class  ticket  for  the  session.  The  matric- 
ulation ticket  entitled  the  student  to  the 
use  of  the  library  and  the  privile.i^e  of 
xisitiui;  the  museum  a  certain  ninnherof 
times  dnriuiL;  the  sessi(»n. 

In  Jack  I'*o.ster's  time  the  professors 
were:  Latin,  William  Ramsa\  and  his 
nephew  (kor-c;  in  Creek,  Kushin.^ton, 
hrother-iii-law  of  the  poet  Tennvson  ; 
lo.i^ic  and  rhetoric,  Robert  Ihichauan, 
the  .Inland  old  man  ;  moral  philosophy. 
Dr.  James  1- lemin- ;  mathematics,  P,lack- 
wood  ;  natural  philosophy,  William 
Th()ms..n,  now  kui^hted  and  uuide  a 
lord;   Ivni^lish  literature,  Prof.   Xiehol. 

The  students  represented  every  relit^- 
lous  denomination  in  the  countrv,  and  as 
there  was  no  religions  test,  all  stood  on 
an  e(iual  foolin-^  in  the  arts  classes.  Of 
course  the  students  connected   with   the 


JACK    AT    TIIF.    INI\  I'.RSnV 


.">.■» 


Mslablisliid  Clnucli  had  s|Krial  priv  ik-ois 
in  the  hall  of  Divinity.  It  was  a  i^ctural 
(k'lioininalioiial  iiii.\-ui),  and  Ihiu  licial  l(» 
the  yoniiv;  nnn  tlKiiischts,  and  an  idii- 
calion  in  itst-ll',  i^ixini;  nKiital  hnadlh 
and  a  cosnioiKditan  iVclinn. 

TIk'  stndcnts  nwu'  not  only  di\i(k-d  in 
R-li^ions  thonojit  and  lilVlmt  in  political 
th()U.!L;ht  also.  TlKif  wiiv  'iNtriis,  and 
\\'hi«4S,  an<l  Radirals.  Thtsc  ranged 
thtinschcs  into  lluir  uspictiw  camps, 
had  their  cancnsts,  plalfoini  nitt-tinjus, 
and  electoral  organizations.  In  election 
times  the  Tories  wore  a  him  ca\>,  and  the 
Liberals  and  R-.dicals  a  red  one,  and  all 
of  the  i>arti(.s  had  their  stnmp  or.itors. 

The  w  riler  remembers  a  stinKnt,  after- 
ward one  of  Canada's  di.slin^^iiished  idn- 
cators,  a  l-adino  mind,  not  onl\-  in  chnrch 
conlroxtT.sy  bnl  also  in  the  discussion  of 
onr  ])olitical  affairs,  takin^  jKirt  in  a  col- 
K)^e  political  strn^iL;le.  He  .stood  on  the 
ancient  stone  stairway  of  Principal  Ilar- 
clay's  residence  addressing;  a  crowd  of 
blne-caj)s  with  a  very  small  mixtnre  of 
red  ones,  I'ein^  a  i^ennine  blne-nosf,  la- 
gave  a  re^nlar  Tnppeiian   sjnnh.      The 


111 


Jl 


r 
[If 


154   Till'    ..i;kii|;\    (»'    ".orwY    i;  \v 

itils  wfiv  .1  iiK(l  v\iili  pi,.-sli().iicrs,  wliifli 
tlK\  used  Ml  t!i'-  niosi  ifh  ti\c-  \v;i\,  ;in'l 
tlif  iiiiInAo  princip.il  -lid  his  l)^^st  t<> 
shield  his  [aw  and  pa'  the  pfas,  ,in<l  at 
the  saiuf  time  deliver  ids  spieeh.  Manv 
men  lioni  tlie  niaiitinu-  ])i(.\inci>  at- 
tended th*   nniversity    ii  that  tini   . 

'iMie   elielioM  of  a  lord    ixetoi    was    111 
e\ent,  and    an   occasion   ot    ^^-^reat    ixeiti- 
ment,  developinL;  a  lot  of  latent  oiatoiieal 
l)()\ver  and  cruel  misehief,  and  general! \ 
lea\  injr  in  its  train  lorn  ^a-  lunts,  hroki  n 
heads  and  hiack  eves,  and    iliiiios  oetui- 
ally  in  a  very  dilapidated  condition.      It 
is   said    that    men    ;nv   sadl\    dixided    in 
their  rcli<,do(is   opirdons  and   show  mm  h 
narrowness  and   hi-otrx,  htit  what  a]»ont 
l)oHtics?     It  would   seem  as  t'  .m-h   the 
<levil  himself  were  the  niaste'    .f  tin   sit- 
uation, and  common  <leceuc\     aid    ^ood 
sense   nowhere;    hut    it    is   tl       ^racti'-nl 
politician  wl:     '-as  th;  mosl  '  >-a\  a;4ainst 
an    earnest,   ■-iinj)le    piet\'  an.     L  iiristi   n 
individualit-, . 

While  this  political  ])anjai   '  um 
it  hurled  defiance  at  professor      he  j      a 
uewspa])er  editors,  and  everx  i     !\   ei- 


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tini       t        iiii(>\        (1   \\oii\ 
^i  'h     A  niwl  soiiK   |)ti>i)k'  ill 


"     il    of    uif  opposite    nIkkIt   (iI 
\  'itliotit   cause-  or   icasdii   and 
n.as(iii,  llu\     would    \cll   a 
>li    \viiid«)\vs,    and    tear    do 
^  and  turn  <)\cr  a  poliicinan 
inu       'lu'v    miscaU'iilati'd     l.  tl- 
ii_;li      ud  scnirilN,  and  a  valiant 
coniin-i   It  o.,    >ii/cd  and  iiiarclu'd  oH'  to 
tc   !      k-i!]),  to  ajiptar  IkI'oiv  tlu-   Iiailii' 
u\t    ntoniino,  at    an    lioiir    wluii   tluv 
<>'    -111      .   have    htcii  at    'k'  Hires,  to   have 
Hi      «         of   the  ordinary   course,   and    a 
sti  iininatiou  fee  to  pa\  before  lil^rtv 

could  i)e  lej^a'ued. 

vSuch  students  returned  to  their  classes 
uiuch  snl)due<l  in  s])irit.  somewhat  en- 
lightened as  to  student  license,  and  con- 
sidcrahly  impoverished  in  j)urse.  Tiic 
latter  meant  to  many  of  them  shct  ra- 
tions the  remainder  of  the  sessi(»iis,  as 
hut  few  of  tlicm  could  liTord  to  contrib- 
ute to  the  maintenance  of  an  efficient 
police  system. 


156    TlIK    O'KRTrRN    O'    BOTANY    I?AV 


5  . 


i    : 

i ; 


When  the  police  succeeded  in  ipa]:iii<r 
such  a  haul,  the  student  mind  was  rudely 
dcsi)()ilcd  ol"  I  he  old  superstition  that  the 
civil  authorities  had  no  jurisdiction 
within  the  colle.ije  walls. 

The  installation  of  Lord  Palnierston 
as  rector  of  the  uui\ersity  was  quite  an 
(.•\cut ;  the  reds,  or  Liberals  and  Radicals, 
had  carried  the  election  hy  a  bit^  uiajorit\", 
and  there  was  i^ivat  rejoicins^  on  that  ac- 
count. Lord  Pcdnicrston  had  come  from 
London  to  ^ive  the  electoral  address, 
and  as  the  hall  of  the  university  was  too 
small  to  hold  the  audience,  it  was  ar- 
raui^ed  thai  it  ■-hould  he  <^iven  in  St. 
John's  Parish  Church,  and  the  magis- 
trates, the  parish  ministers,  the  facidly, 
the  students,  jireseut  and  past,  be  formed 
into  line  of  procession  and  proceed  bv 
wav  of  Ili.^h  .Street,  (lallowi^ate, and  Mac- 
I'arlane  .Street  to  the  church,  the  former 
scene  of  the  ministry  of  the  i^reat  Doctor 
Chalmers.  The  present  Duke  of  Ari,ryle, 
as  one  of  the  alumni,  took  his  ])lace 
anion^-  the  Nonm^slers  and  for  the  time 
beiui^'^  was  youn<^  a^^ain,  aud  diil  his  be>t 
to  work  up  entlur-i  ism  for    "  ( )1(1    Tam." 


ill  I 


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JACK.  AT  Till-:  rMVKKsrrv       157 


The  old  ^cnlkinan  was  satt-j^uardi.  tl 
iV  the  lialhcrt  Ucaivrs,  llie  niai^^ist rates, 
the  parish  luitiisttis,  and  the  faetiUx ,  eti-. 
Ilr  w  '.s  robed  in  his  rectorial  j^own,  an  old 
blaek  ra.i;-  handed  down  from  the  ''Middle 
A»;es,"  which  "  >()ked  as  if  at  any  mo- 
ment it  mit^ht,  ihron.^h  exli  uie  a.i;e  and 
frailty,  fall  to  pieces.  In  tlu-  oinn  air, 
and  also  in  the  church  edifice-,  the  old 
o()\vn  was  a  j^reat  anno\ance  to  him,  as 
it  was  a  noticeable  misfit.  He  deliwrrd 
a  sensible,  helpfnl,  and  ehxinent  addr<.-»-. 

It  was  a  j^ax-  time  and  a  training;  tor 
the  after-life  political  warfare.  U  had 
not  mnch  other  valne,  as  ihr  whole  woik 
of  a  lord  rector  was  to  i^ixe  the-  inan- 
onral  address.  ( )f  conrse  if  lei^islation 
were  retpiired  and  the  lord  rector  slionld 
be  a  member  of  the  _oti\  eminent,  he  conld 
malerialK  aid  the  nniwrsity. 

Rectorial  eleitions  were  manaj^ed  afur 
the  old  Roman  style,  and  the  electoral 
lists  were  madr  np  accordin;^  to   nations. 

( )f  that  crowd  of  hard-luadnl.  brave- 
hearted,  ambitions  xonni;  men,  onl\-  a 
verv  few  went  np  t'or  final  examination, 
and  the  M.  A.  deijrif.      .Some  who  did  ;^o 


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158    THK    o'KRTIRN    o'    HOTANV    HAV 

up  and  passed  with  honors  went   no  fni- 
tlicr,  as  their  finances  stood   in  the   way 
and  shut  them  out  from  the  i)ossession  of 
the  coveted   parchment.      The  oreat  ma- 
jority of   the  students   were  tile  sons  of 
l)oor,  struo^ojiiio,  hut  respectable  and  Cod- 
fearing  people.      Duriui;^  the  cnrricnlum 
they  had  a  hand-to-hand  fi^ht  with  j^rim 
poverty  and  all  the  discomforts  incidental 
to  it  in  the  life  of  a  <,M-eat  city.     It  is  true 
there  were  hursaries  or  sch«»larshi])s,  hut 
the  competitors  must  bear  a  privilej^ed 
name,  or    C(»me  from   a    certain   district, 
and  belono;  to  a  particular  denomination 
of    Christians.     The  bursaries  were  not 
open    to   all  comers  who  had  character 
and  showed  an  aptitude  for  stiulv. 

The  order  of  thinj^s  in  the  collej^es  of 
the  Xew  World  is  in  advance  of  that  in 
the  Old,  and  the  youth  of  that  cotintrv 
have  very  much  for  which  thev  should 
feel  thaidd'ul.  Higher  education  is  with- 
in the  reach  of  the  i>oorest,  and  the  hum- 
blest and  most  obscure  may  asi)ire  to  a 
university  traiuin<,r  and  easily  reach  it. 

In  some  instances  the  theoloj^ical  course 
was  concurrent  with  the  arts  course,  but 


JACK    AT    THl",    INIVI-USITV 


150 


llic  two  tdi^ftlior  is  too  stift*  an  airant't- 
iiK-nl  and  one  not  to  l>f 'lf>in.'(l.  ll  wonld 
l)c  better  to  lake  nioii  time  and  do  more 
tliinkinLj  and  less  eram.  The  systmi 
of  eram  is  a  cnrsi-,  and  the  "  ])ony  "  a 
vile  delnsion  and  a  snare,  the  wreeker  of 
«^()o(l  minds  and  all  manly  prineijile. 
IJetter  fij^ht  it  out  from  diteh  to  ditch, 
and  die  bravely  in  the  last  trench,  than 
be  wholly  dependent  on  a  "  i)ony  "  to 
ride  to  academic  honors. 

Onr  hero  had  to  drop  his  mission  work, 
as  in  his  case  the  two  conrses  concnrrent 
was  nnaxoidable  ;  bnt  tilings  have  since 
chanj^ed  and  a  xonnj;  man  now  has  a 
chance  to  do  honest,  thonj^htfnl,  helpfnl 
St  uly  in  all  departments  of  a  colle,L;e 
c  arse.  Jack's  ti\e  sessions  at  the  nni- 
versit\'  and  the  theological  hall  were  pleas- 
ant and  jirofitable,  and  arc  remembered 
with  <^ratefnl  appreciation,  thon|L;h  the>' 
were  c\ceedint;l\'  trying  to  him  on  ac- 
connt  of  inadecpiatc  jireparation. 

I'or  eiijht  lon,i;  years  he  had  an  nphill 
battle  to  fi<;hl,  and  dnrin<;-  all  those  years 
he  had  to  der.\-  himself  in  man\-  ways 
and  of  many  thinj^s,  that  he  mit^ht  reach 


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I:' 


i^o  THK  o'l-.kTrkx  o'  noT.wv  isav 

the-  fiid  of  his  course-,  riiysically  Ik-  had 
'>"t  a  laroc  fn,ul  u.  chaw  upon,  and 
financially  !)'-  had  a  snialk-ronc. 

In  the  commercial  world  Ik-  had  sur- 
rendered a  fine  position  with  oood  pros- 
i>trts,  for  the  sake  of  a  colleoe'ediK^alion 
and  a  missionary  life  in  India.  Hut  he 
liad  his  Father's  care.  He  was  provided 
with  a  tutorship  to  two  hovs  attendino 
the  orammar  school,  who  were  sons  of  "a 
fonner  employer.  C.od's  children  al.so 
were  o(,od  toliini,  and  hy  them  therou<rh 
places  of  life  were  made  snuxither. 

He  did  not  always  find  it  an  easy  task 
to  stand    alonosi<k-  ,,f    students  wiio    in 
early    life   had  heen    more   favored,    and 
keep  pace  with   them   in  the  class-work. 
It  souK-tinK-s  meant  to  him  whole  niohts 
without  closino   an  eye  in   sleep,  and""  an 
appearance  in   the  lecture    hall    without 
havinjr  chanoed  his  n^arnients.      It  uK-ant 
the  hurninu  of  the  niidni}.d,t  oil,  which 
IS   literallv   the  Imrnino^  nj)  of  the    man 
himself.   Sleep,  honest,  sound,  <rood  sleep, 
is  tile  best  prej)aration  for  efl"ective  stud v, 
and  also  for  ihouohtful,  vigorous  jMilpit 
address.      He  has  said: 


JACK    AT    TIIK    INIVKKSITV  l6l 


"I  have  lived  lonj^  ciiouj^li  to  discover 
it,  and  I  am  sorry  I  did  not  discover  it 
sooner,  and  t>reatl\  re<;ret  that  onr  collej^e 
professors  fail  so  often  to  warn  yonn^ 
men  a<;ainst  bnrninj^  tlie  candle  at  both 
ends,  by  unreasonable  and  unseasonable 
habits  of  study."  But  asCrannie  l-oster 
said  :  ''  Bonj^dit  wit  is  the  best  wit  of  all." 

Latin  was  no  favorite  of  Jack's,  but  he 
had  a  passion  for  (ireek  and  Hebrew, 
loj^nc,  rhetoric,  Ivnn^lish  literature  and 
moral  i)hilosophy.  Thouoh  not  a  renins, 
he  had  pluck,  and  was  a  ])l(<d(ler.  He 
would  do  or  die.  He  had  no  time  for 
ano;ht  else  than  the  thin^  in  hand.  He 
believed  that  as  in  business  so  in  the 
matter  of  education,  "houestv  is  the  best 
lM)licy,"  and  he  never  has  seen  cause  to 
change  his  oj)inions.  His  life  motto  h:is 
been,  "  Fear  (iod  and  do  the  rio-ht,"  with 
"All  thinos  come  to  those  who  wait." 

Hebrew  was  taught  by  the  principal, 
who  was  one  of  the  <;r;indest  of  nun,  a 
princely  man,  a  man  of  Cod  in  truth,  a 
manly  man,  and  the  ^Indent's  friend. 
He  hated  all  shannniu'',  shams,  and  niean- 


J 


ness,    and 


Ins    denunciations    ol    wron<> 


It 


162    Till".    o'KRTlkN    ()'    I'.oTANV    HAV 

and  wrono-doiiijr  vvcrc  scMthiiiu  aii;l  iikt- 
cikss.  He  was  a  ^nvat  adiiiiivr  of  Doc- 
tor Andrt-w  ImiIIlt,  priiiK-d  with  his  thc- 
uloiry,  and  at  the  time  was  re^rarded  as 


standing-  niidwav  between  the  eontendin*,^ 
parties  in  the  denomination,  the  hi»di 
and  dry  Calvinisl  and  the  semi-IVla^ian 
Arminian.  Hv  the  oj)posin,u  parties  he- 
was  often  misnnderstood  and  misrepre- 
sented,  and   so    were    the    stntUtits   who 


JACK    AT    Till-     INIVKKSITV  l6^ 


synipathized   with   liiiu   in   his  doctrinal 
views. 

vSonic  entered  scliool  with  thtir  o\nu- 
ions  fixed,  ])rei)ared  to  spend  their  last 
hreath  for  their  ehcrislKd  theoioi^ical 
ideas.  Tlu-  principal  nc\cr  sonj^dit  to 
thrnst  his  views  npon  the  stndenls,  Ik- 
laid  down  principles,  he  snstaincd  thini 
by  scriptnral  aro;nnicnts,  and  allowed  the 
stndents  to  draw  their  own  conclusions. 
All  that  he  recpiired  of  a  yonni^  man  was 
the  evidence  that  he  was  understood  and 
that  he  had  ])rofited  by  his  instructions. 
In  systematic  the()lon;y  all  he  demanded 
was  a  decent,  honest  attempt  to  repro- 
duce in  essay  form  the  std)sl,ince  of  each 
of  his  lectures.  Once  a  weel  these  were 
read  before  the  class  and  criticized.  The 
student  had  to  <,nve  the  princijxirs  views 
and  not  his  own,  and  the  failure  to  do 
this  often  led  to  ludicrous  and  painful 
scenes,  and  even  to  a  desertion  of  the 
scliool. 

The  "sons  of  the  heather,"  men  from 
the  Hi.nhlandsand  Islands,  would  advance 
their  extrenu-  Calvinism,  and  it  mi<rht  be, 
unwittingly  attack  both  the  lecturer  and 


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164    THK    o'KRTrRN    I)'    HOTANV    BAY 

those  .stiKknts  wlio  had  endeavored  to 
^nvc  a  fair  s\  iiopsis  of  the  lecture.  The 
trainiii};-,  as  far  as  it  went,  was  thoruu<rh 
and  helpful,  the  only  fault  was  that  too 
little  time  was  oi\en  to  do  any  profitable 
thinkiui^-.  It  was  all  drive,  "(lo  on,  izo 
on!" 

In  sermon izin_o  the  j;ot)d  doctor  favored 
jnost  the  expository  style,  and  earnestly 
urt^^'d  its  adoption  as  the  only  one  that 
would  hold  a  con.i;-re.i;ation  and  b'lild 
up  a  strouo-  church. 

In  all  expository  attempts  he  demanded 
sense  and  not  nouseirse  :  mere  verbia<>e 
or  silly  spiritualizinjr  did  not  meet  with 
his  approval,  and  he  was  death  on  ad- 
jectives. He  ever  demauded  facts  and 
princii)lc.s  and  clearness  of  statement. 
Many  of  the  younj:^  men  most  popular 
with  the  conoreoations  were  the  least 
successful  in  the  class-room.  He  would 
say  to  such  students  when  called  upon 
by  him  to  read,  ''(;ive  ns  the  l)oncs  of 
the  subject  and  leave  the  stulTnur  until 
von  are  called  upon  to  preach  to  a  con- 
<;re^'^ation." 

On  such  occasions  the  cssavist  had  to 


JACK    AT    TIIK    rMVFRSlTV 


i(y. 


j;o  to   till-   ixtivmc   tiul   of  a    larj^i-   liall 
and  road  to  the  professor  and  llu-  (.I.ins  at 
the  otlit-r  fiid.      Tla-   rtadrr  liad   t«>  iin- 
aj^ine     liiiiisc-lf     biforc    a     coiij^ri'^alion 
whose   attention   lie  must  secjue.      Pains 
were  taken   to  inslrnel   liini   that   in  ad- 
dressinj;  an  audience  he  nurst  he,i;in   in 
such  a  lojie  or  j)itch  of  voice  as  to  reach 
the  most  remote  hearer.    'I'he  voice  nnist 
he  leveled  at  his  head  and  the   e\e   fixed 
upon  liim.     In  speaking-,  the  throat  must 
he   sp.iivd,   and   the    teeth    and    the  lips 
hrou>;ht  into  play  if  there  was  to  he  dis- 
tinct  enunciation    and    an    avoidance  of 
ministerial    sore    throat,     (iesture    must 
he  natural,  and  hut  little  of  it.     The  stu- 
dent was<;iven  to  understand   that  if  he 
made  suitahle  preparation  for  the  pulpit 
he  would  have  somethino-  to  say  and  the 
laui^uajre  wherewith  to  clothe  or  eNi)ress 
it,  and  the  naturalness  of  his  stvle  of  ad- 
dress  would  constitute  its    acceptahilily 
and  ])ower. 

Jack  Foster  freciuently  had  the  honor 
of  preach i no  for  the  venerahle  doctor  ;  so 
often  did  he  preach  that  he  was  regarded 
by  .some  as  his  protvoi.      In  after  years  a 


m, 


l66    Till.;    o'lCRTlRX    ()'    HOTANY    MAY 


(liacoii  said  of  liim  in  intr()(liiriii<;  liiin 
to  a  hn^^v  aiidit'iicc  on  an  annivt-rsarv 
occasion,  "  Fricns,  this  bird  is  oot  o'  a 
;^Mi(lc  nest."  A  compliment  to  the  prin- 
cipal. 


ill 


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CHAPTKR    Xll 
nixxM-:  AM)  rNk)N  coikts 

Not  bein^  uimit<trecl  to  sutt'cnii},'  1   k.mi  to  pity 
tlioNf  in  attlittioii. 

Dci^ii  on  tlic  i)a^>in,^  world  to  turn  tliine  cyt- 
And  j)aii>c  awlulc  from  Icarninj,'  to  l)e  nnI^c. 

MANY  of  the  -UkKiiIs  in  ;ittciulancf 
at  llic  uiiivci>ity  with  tlif  odsjkI 
ministry  in  view  ha<l  to  woik  tluii 
wav  tliioiioh  tht'slnnisol  lluiitN.  T1k\ 
liad  on  hand  the-  nniwrsity  cnrricnhini 
and  the  caiv  of  a  lar<^e  paiish  at  the 
same  time.  The  mission  work  |)ro\  ided 
the  finances  to  carry  them  thronj^h  col- 
lege. It  also  broni^lit  ont  \\1iat  was  in 
them  of  manhood  and  1)rotherhood  and 
furnished  a  practical  Christian  ednca- 
tion.  It  was  a  severe  sj)i ritual  test,  l)nt 
could  he  passed  if  one  had  love  tt»  Jesns 
and  to  sinners. 

Jack  was  now  a  student  at  the  nniver- 

I()7 


16S    iMK  ()'i;ktik\  o'   noT.wv  it.w 


Pi'i 


¥ 


sitx  .111(1  .iKo  ill  altt.ii(Iamv  ;it  tin-  I)i\  iiiily 
Hall  foiiiicrUil  with  his  (kiiuiniiuilion, 
and  (luriiij^    vacaiioii    linn.-    In-    did    cilv 
iiii'»iun  Wink    in   .i   niiudi  worse   localitx 
llian  that  of   Uoiaiu    Has. 


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If 


TIk'  iiiwisjon  <if  I{(»lan\  ]U\  and  tlu- 
iidislino  ,,|'  its  UK  n  and  woiiKii  in  fa\<»r 
of  tlu-  ,i,n)siHl  w.is  niciv  "hairns'  ])la\  "  lo 
llu-  invasion  of  liinniiand  I'nioii  Cftnrls, 
I>iniiii-  Conii  wa>  in  ilsrlf  a  whole  town. 

Tin-  ri.s|Hrtal)k-,  tln'  riff-raff,  the  vi- 
rions, and  ihi'  vaj^ahond  classic  .;11  IkkI 
ihcir  r«.i)r(.sfntati\es  in  the  it, mnifiits 
of  Hinnic  Conrt.  It  was  a  (inadran^K-, 
and  coiisistrd  of  front,  mid,  and  two  hack 
and  twosidf  toiicnKiit^.  Tin.-  rii^ht  hand 
side  tiiK-nirnl  was  the  most  I)oi)u1<mis,  as 
it  hoirsid  at  kasl  fortx  families.  To  at- 
tack such  a  crowd  one  needed  special 
-race,  conra^i-.  and  tact,  and  a  freedom 
trom  over-fastidiousness  as  to  what  he 
mij^ht  hear,  witness,  and  even  smell  everv 
day.  Jack  has  >aid  :  "Time  and  ai^ain 
my  heart  has  thnmix-d  a,L;ainst  m\-  ribs 
as  if  to  hreak  out  of  prison,  and  mv 
blood  has  rnn  cold  as  I  h.ive  stood  bel\>re 


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a  door  knocking  for  admittance  and 
waiting;  a  rcsj)onsc.  I  did  not  know  what 
the  open  door  niij^ht  reveal,  t»r  how  to 
receive  the  revelation  v)f  hmnan  degra- 
dation and  misery  other  than  in  the 
spirit  of  compassion.  In  tiiat  court  there 
were  places  of  vice,  shebeens,  and  thieves' 
dens.  It  was  a  work  of  lime  to  piaci- 
them,  and  tlien  to  enter  tluni  in  appa- 
rent i<.{;norance  of  their  chaiackr  with  a 
view  to  spiritnallx-  aid  their  inmates. 
The  inmates  nevi  r  deceived  me  nor  made 
any  attem])t  to  do  so;  thix  had  never  to 
he  charj^ed  with  their  sin,  bnt  were 
always  first  t<>  acknowkd^e  it  and  to 
express  their  snrprise  at  beinj;  soniL;ht  ont 
as  worthy  of  Christian  notice.  .\moniL; 
a  peopk-  so  huddled  lot^ether  it  was  re- 
freshinj.;-  to  meet  with  a  resj)ectal)le,  ( lod- 
fearinii  family,  wlm  wire  honsi-d  there 
throiij^h  force  of  circnmstances,  and,  it 
n'i^ht  he,  in  the  ])ro\  ideiice  of  (iod  to 
ser\e  as  htacon  lii^hfs  amid  tlu-  snr- 
ronndini;  darkness  and  danimr." 

Jack  was  introduceij  to  the  Uinnie 
Court  folk  Ity  Mr.  Morrison  Smith,  a 
i^ood   Christian   and  an  exi>(.rie.ic(.<!   mi>- 


lUNNnc  AND  rxioN  corui's     171 


sioiiarv,  a  brotluT  <>f  lla-  aullior  of  "Tlit- 
IVavl  (>'  Days."  Il  was  a  day  lo  Ik-  u- 
incnil)crc(l. 

"  Wc  wire  visiliii]:;  in  llic  sick-  IriK- 
iiKiit  or  tlu-  worst  pari  of  iIk-  court,  and 
had  climbed  up  to  the  fifth  flat,  iiKaniii.u 
to  \k<^\u  work  thtiv,  and  then  to  work 
our  wav  down,  thertby  j^iviui;  the  tenants 
notice  of  our  jnesence  aniono;^  iheni.  In 
tlie  dim  lii^ht  of  the  lono  h)1>hy  we 
oroped  oiu'  way,  drew  n]>  at  a  door,  and 
knocked  for  admittance.  It  was,  as  we 
afterward  learned,  tlie  home  of  Dui^ahl 
Cunn,  a  Skve  Hii^hlaiider  and  a  Roman 
Catholic.  Mrs.  (iunn  answered  the  door, 
and  Mr.  .Smith  said  to  her: 

'"  M\  i^ood  woman,  I  ha\e  come  to  in- 
troduce to  \<>u  rii\  vouuil;-  friend,  wlio  is 
U)  labor  from  lliis  time  on  as  missionary 
in  the  district,  and  we  would  like  to  ha\e 
a  bit  talk  with  you  on  tin  snbject  if  re- 
ligion if  you  luue  no  ])aiticular  objec- 
tions.' 

"Mrs.  (lUnn  fared  n]>  all  of  a  sudden, 
and  ]ioor  .Smith  ftmnd  out  that  lure  was 
no  ordinarv  t;un,  but  ;i  veritable  bbinder- 
buss.      'I  doo  not  want   ou\-  o'   \(>ni    re- 


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172  Tin-:  ()'i:kti-kx  o'  ijotanv  hav 

lajshoii,  and  diiina  mc-d  Uk-  line  your  \\- 
lajslion,  and  none  o'  you  arc  lac  tarkcn 
ni\  tor  (ir  (ae  potlicr  me  \vi'  yoiir  rclajshon. 
Wc  liac  oor  ain  rdajslion.  Vonr  ivlaj- 
.shon  be  o'  Ihf  'IVtvil  liinisc-r  and  so  it  is.' 
'"I'liasc,  my  oood  woman,  what  is 
yonr  rclajslion  ?' 

''Ikr  response  was,  'Tlie  ver\  Teevil 
liimsc-r  is  in  yon  ;  ^ano  awa'  frae  t'is  tor 
a'  mine,  and  dinna  pollute  tae  place  \vi' 
yonr  heretical  presence.' 

''Smith  fired  np  at  this,  and  said:  'My 
woman,  if  the  'IVevil  he  in  me  there  be 
seeven  teevils  in  yon,'  nnawares  that  he 
was  mimickini;  her. 

"jMst  at  this  moment  Dnnald,  who 
was  sitting;  b\  llie  fire  smokin",'^,  jnniped 
np  from  his  seat  with  a  yell,  picked  nj) 
an  axe,  madi-  U>y  the  do(.r,  and  rnslud  at 
vSmith.  Dns^ald  was  rayino  niad  and 
foamin>^  ;ii  the  month  and  had  mnrder 
in  his  e\e.  it  was  reall\-  ])l(>odcnrdlin.L; 
to  sec  that  infuriated  Ilieland  man  after 
poor  Smith  with  an  a\c,  aiul  Smith  j^o- 
in-  down  the  lon^'  stone  >tairwa\s,  three 
»lcl)s  at  a  time.  When  he  was  at  the 
court  le'  il  his  whee/in<^  could   be   heaid 


HINNIK    AND    TNION    ColKlS       1  73 


away  up  in  the  fomth  sloiy,  as  Ik-  was 
imicli  afflicted  with  asthma.  The  extv- 
tioti  to  keep  a  *;()(>(i  way  ahead  of  the 
(lUim  and  out  of  the  way  of  the  axe,  and 
the  exciteuieut,  ahn()>t  cuivtl  hiui  of  hi> 
distressiu<4  complaint.  He  was,  at  any 
rate,  a  different  man  when  I  rejoined  him 
in  Ar|^\le  Street. 

"Up  in  the  f«)nrlh  story  I  had  to  hold 
mv  i^round  and  >tand  to  m\  i^nns  like-  a 
man.    I  was  not  mixed  up  in  the  ([uarrel, 
and  made  up  my   mind   tt)  hraw  it   onl. 
Dnj^ald   was    now   one  of  m\-  ehart^e  in 
liinnie  Court  and  I  would  have   to   meet 
him  often.      He  retuiiied  from  his  unsuc- 
cessful  chase,   demandiui;  of  nu-,   'Wha' 
l)e\-ou?    and    what    dae    \ou    doo?    and 
what   wae  doo   \ou   stand   at  m\  tor.-*'    1 
said:    'Mr.  ('.unn,   I   am  a   hrolher  man, 
and   haw   couu'    to  make  a  frimdh   call 
and  to  .ocertaiu  who  li\\>  lun  ,  and  aKo 
theii  rrli<^ion>  profc-ssiou,  and  with  uotK- 
sire  to  inlt  rferi.    with  \oiir  vrliiL^ion.  or  lo 
robxou    of   it.    hut    if   po^^ihle    to    a>s',>l 
\«)n  to  Oct  a  little  ni<u\.' 

"'I'mph,    tat    indeed    pe   \out    erran<l 
tae  ni\'  tor  ?' 


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"  '  Vts,  >ir,"  \\;is  in\-  r  j)l\-, 

"  '  WVII,  j)r  it  known  t.n-  xou  noo  wha' 
k'C'ws  here  in  t'is  hoose,  and  tal  we  doo 
not  want  yonr  nlajshon.  Mt-  and  my 
wuinnian  l)e  weel  salisleid  wi'  oor  ain 
relajshon,  wliieh  l)e  tlic-  llniu-  rdajslion, 
and  no  tae  relajshon  o'  an  apo>;aU'  pay- 
j)le.' 

"  I  said  to  him,  'Xow,  Dnnrald,  between 
onrselves  here,  is  there  any  trm.'  religion 
in   rmniino  after  that  decent  ohl  oentle- 
man.  armed  with  an  axe,  takino-  the  name 
of  (iod   in    \ain,  and    nttrrino   all   kinds 
of  i)rofanities?      Du.oald,  he  honest  with 
> onrself  ;   is  that  the  spirit  of  the  relij-ion 
of  the  Lord  Jcsns  Christ?     vSnrely,  that 
is  not  \«>nr  religion.      Dn.t^ald,  are  xon  a 
Christian?'      His    answer   was,   'I    pc   a 
trne  Christxan,  and  a'  m\  pa\  pk-  he  trne 
Christ) ans    ytars    and    years    jnt'ore    we 
htar  o'   vonr  relajshon.'    *  Well,  Dnoald, 
I    am    a    Christian,   and    the   Christ   who 
mirst   savi-   \on   and   nu\  if   wr  are  excr 
sa\ed    at   all,    h.ts   said    l<,    lii>   f(.Ilowers 
ev(.-r\  wlurr,  "  I'.less  and  enrse  ii..t.     K(.\f 
xonr  inemies."      Xow,  I)ii-;d(l,l)e  honest 
with  Nonrsrlf,  does  that  mean  ;irm  \onrseir 


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IJINMI-;    AMI    INION    COIKIS       I  75 

with  an  a\c,  a  iniir(ki<)iis  lialelift,  and 
run  altvv  that  old  i^cnllcniaii,  who  only 
has  Noiu'  ;^()o(l  at  hiavt,  lo  slud  his  hlood? 
I  ka\c'  it  to  \t»nr  o\\  r.  j^ood  sense.  Now 
\)v  hoiKst  ;  did  jisns,  llic  vSa\  ionr  of  sin- 
nets,  nuan  \  on  to  do  an\'  snch  wicked 
ihini;?' 

"'No,  no,  no,"  said  Dn^ald,  'he  pe 
no  tat  kine  o'  person  whatever.  M\  plnid 
was  np.  'I'a  aidd  man  insnlted  in\  woo- 
nian,  an<1  las  a'  apoot  it.  It  was  wr»)n!L^ 
o'  nie  ta  doo  it,  bnl  it  was  na'  rieht  o' 
him  tae  insult  ma  wooman  in  her  ain 
house.' 

"  I  talked  him  into  a  ([uiet  mood,  and 
the  storm  sul>si(k-d,  ;ind  wc  wi^n-  ever 
afur  friends,  and  I'viendK.  .\  tnssk-  of 
this  kind  made  me  M-.irn  for  some  ([uiet 
restin^-jtlacr,  and  I  found  it  in  thi-  home 
i.f  a  ]^o(.i  Iri^li  widow,  ,;  Mithodist,  who 
li\(.(l  in  out'  ()f  the  attics  of  the  fioiit 
tenenii  nt.  vSlu  was  <  \oi  th-of-luland 
woman;  had  two  soii^  i'.<l  .1  daiii^^hter  ; 
hail  hien  a  widow  some  \  ai-^.  and  ^np- 
ported  lursrlf  h\  'iMwim^  |>in;- "  i  w  ind- 
ini4  \arns)  "If  ^jmnK  f^r  ilu-  waipers. 
She  was  a   "-oikI   C'lni'-tian  woman,  kiuw 


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licr  I')il)lf  wril,  ;iii(l  ]()\c(l  praxrr  and 
Christian  tVllowsliii).  Slic  was  (kli^lilcd 
lo  have  nif  call,  and  to  hear  nit-  read  and 
cxi)lain  ihr  Scriptiuvs  and  have-  ])ra\!.r 
with  liir.      It  was  an  oa.sis  in  the-  desert. 

"  W'lun  l)adl\  tronblfd  with  tlic  bines 
after  \isilint;  in  (he-  side'  te-ncnieMit,  I  wonhl 
qniet]\  sli].  awav  to  ,sil  at  the'  iVe-t  (.f  the- 
•  •Id  widow,  listenins^  to  her  rehearsal  of 
the-  Lord's  dealint^s  with  her.  Her  spirit 
of  Christian  hopefidne-ss  and  valnahle- 
ohse-rvatioiis  i^reatly  cheered  nie-,  and 
afle-r  ha\  in^^  prayer  toj^vtlur  I  wonld  set 
out  to  tanie'  the-  'wild  l)e-a>ts'  in  the-  side 
te-nenienl.  In  all  niv  contaen  with  llie- 
dwellers  in  IJinnie-  Conrt,  I  ne\er  was 
the-  snhjee't  of  an  unkind  remark  or  ai-t. 
M\  poor,  feeble',  imperfect  efforts  to  aid 
them  Wefe-  api)reciated,  and  the-  peoj'le 
made  hie'  to  con.stilt  with  me  on  man\- 
matters  outside  of  my  p.irlictdar  mission 
amonj^  lluni.  m  the  otlier  world  I  hope 
to  meet  with  some  (.f  the  IJinnie  C;  nrt 
folk  to  wliom  I  minisle'red." 

vSnch  was  his  ministerial  apjirenticc- 
ship,  of  ])rice'ass  \alne,  no  donbt,  in  the 
battles  to  be  fon^ht  in  after  lit'e-. 


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Clnistian  work  in  those  ])lacis  (k- 
iiiaiuk'd  tlircf  ll)in<^s  iiol  too  coiiinion  ; 
"(".race,  j^rit,  ami  .miniptioii."  In  c\cr\- 
(lay  I'ai;^lish,  s^iuiiptioii  is  coiiinioii  sciisc. 
Mr.  I'\)Ntcr  luis  said  :  "  In  ni\  \  isitation  I 
liaw  often  fotnid  niystll"  insick'  of  a 
d\vcllin«^  where  the  one  thinji^  in  nrj^aney 
was  a  manly  retreat,  and  to  make  it 
in  snch  a  way  as  to  meet  the  same  par- 
tus aiL^ain,  not  as  the  eoncpierc-d  but  as 
the  vielor.  In  my  populous  parish  I 
had  to  he  jioliceman,  jihysieian,  nurse, 
preachei,  teaclier,  and  i>eacem:d<er. 

"The  (lUeslional)k- characters  <n-.  stiu- 
ninj;-  themscKes  on  the  main  thorou-n- 
farc,  or  seekin,!L,r  to  entrap  their  pr.\- 
would,  when  the\-  saw  me  in  si^hl,  ix,- 
take  themseKes  to  their  hi(iin,i;s.  'I"l:e\ 
could  he  heard  saxim^  in  an  undertone: 
'Oh,  that  is  the  missionar\,  Mr.  lM).st(,T; 
let  us  oet  out  o'  lii>  li^ail,  for  an\-  sake.' 
'The  wicked  llee  when  no  iiKin  pur- 
sueth  :  hut  the  lij^httDUs  are  hold  as  a 
lion.' 

"  Tliere  were  SaMiath  and  week-niiMii 
services  in  I'iuuii  (.'ourl.  In  the  uiid- 
leueUKut   a    room    was   uhi  imkh'    fr*  iii   -i 


r.iNMi'.  AM)  iNioN  corurs     179 


decent  woman,  whose  fallui  \\a>  an  elder 
of  one  of  llu' elnuelies.  This  room  \\a> 
uenerallv  well  ruled,  with  asnuinv  Roman 
Catholics  as  rvolesta.nls  in  altuulance. 
I»V'W  of  those  who  attended  ewr  enlerid 
a  place  of  worship,  bnt  all  of  tluin  weie 
reach  to  altmd  a  religions  service  in  a 
neiL^hhor's  house.  In  connection  wilh 
the  service  in  Watson's  there  was  mnch 
Messing,  and  it  was  a  real  i)leasure  to 
minister  to  the  ])c<)ple. 

''Scenes  were  witnessed  in  my  visita- 
tion that  chilled  me  t«»  the  marrow  and 
made  me  .shndder,  hnt  I  fonnd  it  indiiic 
not  to  show  il.  Amon^  snch  characters 
as  I  had  to  cnconnter  day  after  day,  I 
discoM-red  the  need  of  jmsh,  tact,  and 
principle,  if  m\  labors  were  not  lo  pro\e 
em]>t\  and  barren." 

The  \alne  of  tact  is  a]>t  tt)  lie  over- 
i.ioktd  in  ilealmi,^  with  men  indixulnally 
or  in  the  a^i^i^re'^ate.  and  there  is  an  in- 
rlin.ilion  to  lrn>t  zeal  and  readine.^s  ot 
speech  to  carry  one  throu.^h.  Ihit  lack- 
ini,^  tad  the  Christian  worker  will  often 
lind  hii  is(lf  on  .a  dan^erons  coast  amon;^ 
the   l)reaker>,   and   he   is   likely  t(»  wreck 


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iSo   TIIH    o'lKTlkN    ()'    ItolAW     IJW 

liimsilf  completely  as  to  spiritual  itsLfuJ. 

IRsS. 

It  has  Ikvii  wtll  said  :  "  Taltiit  is  soiiu-- 
lliiii.i;,   l)iit   tatl   is  cvci  vtliiiij^r ;  tiUnt  is 
si  rii)us,  sober,  j^naw.  and  rcsiKclahk-,  l.ul 
tart  is  all  that  and  more  too.      It  is  not  a 
SLVciitli  sense,  hut  the  life  of  all  th.e  fixe. 
It  is  an  open  eye,  the  (piiek  ear,  the  .in<l,!^- 
in;^  taste,  the  keen  snu  11,  and  ihe  livelv 
touch  ;  it  is  the  inlirpveter  of  riddlis,  the 
siirmonnter  of  diflicnlties,  the  remover  of 
all  obstacles.    It  is  useful  in  all  places  and 
at  all  times,  for  it  show  s  a  man  his  way 
into  the  world  ;   it  is  useful  in  societ\-,  for 
it  shows  a  man  his  way  through  the  world. 
Talent  is   j)ower,  tact  is   skill  ;  talent   is 
wei«4ht,  tart  is  momentum  ;  talent  knows 
what    to   do,   tact    knows   how    to  do  it  ; 
laknl    makes    a    man     res])eclal»]e,    tact 
makes   him   respected;   talent    is   we;,llh, 
tact  is  ready  monev." 


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AlfXI.NTlKI.S    IN     llll'     cot   K  IS 

.Ml'M  ot  (i(.(l  li.iM-  ,il\\.iy>,  from  timi-  tu  innc, 
w.ilki'd  imKin;^  mi'ii.  nnd  in;Hlc  llioir  <  i.nuiii^Mnii 
felt  in  till-  he. Ill  .iiul  -^diil  nf  iliv  i  luninniif^t  liciitr. 


\  M()X(i  iIk-  I'xjKTitiices  cncdunlind 
_^~\  ill  r.iniiii-  Court  was  the  fiuitral  of 
one  Tain  Wateison,  which  Mr.  I*\>st«.  i 
(kscrihes  as  follows  : 

"Tain  was  a  horseshocr  hv  trade  and 
the  support  of  a  decent,  hard-v  orkiiit^ 
widowed  mother.  Two  of  his  sistirs 
were  niakin<4  a  hrave  efTort  to  suj)port 
themselves,  hut  all  1i\ed  nnder  the  (MU 
roof.  Widow  Watcison  had  seen  hetlcr 
<lays,  and  it  could  he  scvii  in  the  woman 
herself  and  in  her  well-kipt  house,  which 
was  what  ordinary  folk  would  call  '  a  hein 
lioose  '  (a  housi-  with  a  look  of  <reneral 
comfort).  Tam  was  an  expert  trades- 
man ;  knew  the  scieiix-  of  his  husiiuss 
and    was   in    demand.      Ihit    oni'   da\-   in 

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slioeinjr  a  restive,  uj^Hy  brute  of  a  Clxdes- 
(lale,  it  kicked  him  nnexp'ctedly  in  the 
pit  of  the  stomach  and  he  died  in  a  little 
while.  He  scarcely  rej^aincd  conscious- 
ness. 

"  It  was  a  sad  and  sore  bereavement  to 
that  widowed  mother,  and  completely 
broke  her  down.  As  she  was  in  my  dis- 
trict, I  had  to  do  all  in  my  power  toj^nide 
and  comfort  her,  directinj;^  her  mind  to 
the  only  One  who  coultl  oive  sympathy, 
comfort,  and  support  in  the  dark  hour  of 
earthly  sorrow,  and  who  has  promised  to 
do  so. 

"  The  funeral  service  was  at  the  widow's 
house.  It  is  not  the  Scottish  custom  to 
take  the  corpse  to  the  church  or  to  ha\c 
a  service  at  the  <;rave.  On  the  occasion 
named  I  read  the  eleventh  chapter  of 
John's  (lospcl,  s^ave  a  brief  address  of 
such  a  character  as  I  thoui^ht  the  circum- 
stances demanded,  and  sou<^ht  tt)  do  the 
most  possible  for  the  livinj;-  b\-  layinjr 
before  them  the  ijracious,  lovinj;,  and 
sympathetic  side  of  Christ's  character  as 
brt)U}^ht  out  in  the  chapter,  and  then 
opening-  to   them  (iod's  savinj^  plan  as 


AI»VKN"l"lki;S    IN     V\U-:    COl  UTS     liS^ 


tau>;lit  ill  the  Sciiplmxs,  and  ur|L;iii<^ 
thcni  to  settle  the  matter  of  thiir  own 
relation  to  (iod  while  the  heart  was  ten- 
der, the  mind  thoughtful,  and  the  time 
opportune. 

"  I  pra\c-d  for  the  widow,  the  sorrow- 
inj^  famil>-,  and  the  relatives  and  ntij^h- 
hors,  and  that  (iod  would  make  eaeh  one 
of  them  his  own  for  both  worlds,  this 
and  the  next,  fillino;  them  with  hea\enU- 
comfort  and  peace.  The  service  to  me 
was  tryinj^  in  the  extreme,  hut  what 
came  after  was  still  more  so. 

"Oat-cake,  cheese,  sliorl-hread,  wine, 
biscuits,  and  whisky  were  l)r()U<;ht  out  in 
accordance  with  country  custom,  but  it 
was  a  new  thin<4  to  me.  A  douce-  (soft) 
spoken  elder  of  the  kirk  came  over  to 
me  where  I  stood  and  whis])ered  in  my 
ear  in  a  winnin.i^  way,  '  Von  wtill  kindly 
j^ie  thanks  for  the  mercies."  Here  was  a 
trial.  I  had  been  several  years  a  y'v^'uI 
abstainer  and  a  temperance  worker,  and 
I  was  called  n]>on  at  a  rcli,!Liious  service 
to  ,L;ivc  thanks  f(»r  whisky.  What  was  I 
to  do?  Was  I  to  refuse  to  j)ray  or  was  I 
to    sanction    that   which    I    had   }>ledued 


IS4    TIIK    O'KRTIRX    ()'    HOTANV    HAY 


i      I 


:.-M 


luyself  to  {liscoiintenancc?  Was  I  to  ac- 
ciiowledj^re  to  the  Alinij^hty  that  whisky 
is  one  of  his  jrood  creatures?  I  made  a 
coinproniise  and  prayed  : 

"  '  n  Lord,  sanctify  and  bless  this  afflic- 
tive providence  .  thine  to  one  and  all, 
and  if  thou  canst  bless  what  we  would 
now  use  to  the  refreshin":  and  nourishiuL'- 
of  our  mortal  bodies,  be  pleased  to  do  it, 
as  we  ask  all  in  the  name  of  Jesus  our 
Lord.     Amen.' 

"  Whisky  was  then  offered  to  me  and 
(piietly  refused;  then  wine,  and  declined 
also.  It  proved  to  be  the  best  temper- 
ance meetino;  I  ever  conducted.  It  was 
not  what  I  said,  but  what  I  did  not  say 

that   made  my  testimon>-  effective  that 
,1,,,.  " 

Another  experience  he  recounts  as  fol- 
lows : 

"In  an  adjoininy^  tenement  of  the 
same  court,  on  the  crround  floor,  there 
was  another  poor  widow  who  was  not  so 
comfortable.  She  also  had  a  son  and 
two  daucjhters.  but  the  son,  a  j^ood  t'adcs- 
uinn,  thouci^h  alive  mioht  have  been  better 
dead  for  aiii^dit  of  help  or  comfort  he  was 


ADVKNTrkKS    IN    Till';   CoiKTS     iS;; 


to  his  niollier  at  ctrtain  scas<»iis.  IK- 
was  an  expert  tradcsinan  when  he  was 
sober,  but  that  was  not  often,  or  for  ver\ 
lonji^  at  a  time.  He  was  a  hard  drinker 
and  so  was  "  H'u^  ^hlrv,"  one  of  his  sis- 
ters. He  was  known  as  ]Vv^  Jim,  the 
snab  (shoemaker).  When  he  j^ot  on  a 
spree  he  wonUl  .sell  his  elothes,  iiis  seat, 
and  kit  of  tools,  and  even  .t^o  .so  far  as  t«> 
dra_<^  the  bed  from  mider  his  widowt-d 
mother  and  pawn  it  to  <;ct  whisky. 
'When  sober,'  she  .said,  'there  conld  not 
be  a  better  .son  than  Jim  Thomson.' 

"  He  was  a  well-bnilt,  fine-look inij  man, 
and  stood  over  six  feet  in  his  stoekin^s, 
had  a  fair  edneation,  and  was  a  threat 
reader.  He  had  read  dei.stical  books,  and 
was  a  fatalist  in  his  relitjions  ideas.  ( )ne 
day,  at  his  mother's  recptest,  I  made  a 
visit  jnst  when  he  was  sobering  of!  and 
settlino:  down  to  work.  vShe  tlunij^ht  and 
ha('  prayed  too  that  (lod  wonld  nse  me  to 
aid  her  boy  to  a  better  life.  I  fotnid  him 
on  his  seat.  He  had  been  to  the  shop  and 
had  <^ot  ont  a  job,  and  was  1)nsy  lasting 
a  pair  of  men's  jj^aiter.s.  As  I  entered 
the  room,  I  .said  : 


I  > 

I 


I 


m  ii 

IP:,  ii 


!li  'm 


III 


I'l'i 


i:     ■        I 

ii  i 


)• 


lS6    THIv    o'KRTrRN    d'    HdTANV    HAV 

"'I  am  olad  to  ste  you  ai  voik  aiui 
yourself  aj^ain,  Jim.  1  am  surprised  that 
a  mail  of  your  years,  iiuellit^eiice,  and 
^^eu  al  oood  sense,  and  after  all  your 
rcadiuL;,  should  ^ive  way  to  sueh  a  vile 
ha!)it,  hriu'^ino  misery  to  yourself  ami 
your  poor  old  mother  and  all  coucenied. 
Jim,  like  a  man,  L;ive  it  up  alt()<;ether  , 
be  a  man  and  a  Christian  and  a  credit 
and  a  comfort  to  your  widowed  mother.' 

"  '  It's  a'  very  weel,'  said  he,  'for  you  to 
talk  ;  you  were  born  ^ude,  and  hae  never 
been  a  drinker,  and  vou  ken  naetliin<>' 
aboot  the  power  the  drinkinjj;-  habit  has 
o'er  a  man.  I  tell  you  I  canna  j^ie  it  up 
alto;4cther,  and  it's  useless  for  me  to  trv. 
It's  constitutional  wi' me.  liodmadeuie 
this  way  and  has  <,n'en  me  a  tempera- 
ment that  demands  the  drink.  Had  he 
meant  nie  to  be  a  sober  man  he  w')uld 
hae  i^i'eii  me  a  different  oro;ani/atiou,  and 
I  would  hae  been  a  so])er  man  like  your- 
sel',  and  also  a  relecjLj^ious  man.' 

"  My  rei)ly  was,  'Jim,  if  \our  reason- 
iui^  is  to  hold,  how  is  it  that  you  are 
.sober  and  not  drunk  to-day?  Is  it  not 
because  you  have  f;ot  satiated  and  y(>nr 


?cr.  -Tmtjma^JiP  iMi^^^tfomk^i  'i 


ADVKNTlKr.S    IN    Till-;    COIKTS     1S7 

funds  cxliauslcd  ?  He  honest  now,  did 
yon  ever  make  a  deeent,  determined  eflort 
to  j;i\e  u\)  tile  drink?  Did  xon  ever  sei- 
the  evil  of  the  habit  and  how  nou  are 
killin<4  \()nr  jioor  mother  and  hrin<;in<^ 
down  her  j^ray  hairs  with  sorrow  to  the 
j^rave?  Did  ytm  ever  hnnd>ly  aeknowl- 
edjLje  yonr  sin  and  yonr  weakness  to 
Ahni<>;hty  (rod,  re(|nestin^  him  ii.  his 
Son's  name  to  pardon  yonr  sin  and  ])nt 
awa\  vojir  unilt  ?  Did  \<»n  e\er  ask  him 
to  sive  yon  the  will  power  to  say  no  and 
hold  to  it  in  the  honr  of  temi)tation  ? ' 

"  He  confessed  that  he  had  not.  I 
connseled  him  not  to  .saddle  his  sin  on 
the  Lord  nntil  he  had  in  faith  sonj^ht  his 
aid  and  had  been  denied  it.  I  read  and 
prayed  with  him,  hnt  he  remained  a  fatal- 
ist. Me  eonld  do  nothin_y;,  and  it  was  no 
nse  trxins.^.  I  desired  to  know  if  (iod 
wonld  last  the  j^aiters  for  him  withont 
the  n>e  of  his  own  will,  jnd^nicnt,  .skill, 
qood  taste,  and  muscnlar  power.  In  re- 
ply he  said  : 

"  '  The  cases  are  no  paradel.  I  canna 
mak'  mysel'  different  frae  what  Cod  has 
made  me.' 


t  f| 


J  '■ 


lift!  '• 


i'UiU 


11     j! 


iss  Tiir;  ()'i;i<Trk.\  <>'  hotaw  hav 

'"Jinr  I  iiKiuind,  Mid  yon  v\\r  ask 
(i<)«l  in  alUariKstiK'Ss  to  make  you  dif- 
iVivut?  Did  yon  c\cr  really  wish  to  he- 
dirtViciit?'  1  kt'l  him  uilli  a  sad  heart, 
>tt  ho|)in.<4  for  the  In.st." 

Mrs.  I)claiie\-,  an  Irish  Roman  Catho- 
lic widow  and  ln.r  dan.L;hter  lived  in  one 
of  the  houses  on  the  ground  floor  of  the 
mid-tenement.  She  was  regarded  as  a 
bigoted  Roman  Catholic,  and  Mr.  I-oster 
was  warned  not  to  go  near  her  ;  if  Ir-  did 
it  might  Kad  to  serious  tronhk'.  This 
information  led  him  to  hold  back  for  a 
time,  but  his  conscience  was  uneasv  the 
while.  Tin IV  came  a  day  when  he  was 
])nt  on  his  metal.      He  sa\s  : 

"  I  was  passing  the  door  which  stood  a 
l)il  ajar  on  m\-  way  upstairs  to  the  Wat- 
ersons'.  I  could  see  the  old  lady  l)usy  at 
the  wash-tub,  and  the  daughter  beside- 
till-  window  busy  sewing,  and  both  of 
tluiu  saw  nw.  It  seemed  nn-an  and 
cowardlv  to  pass  the  door  without  at  least 
saying  Miood-moruing,  Mrs.  Drlanew'  I 
made  a  halt,  pushed  the  door  o])en  a  little 
more,  and  said  :  '( lood-morning,  orauuie; 
I  see  yon  are  1)usv  at  the  tul).' 


^i 


.\i)\i:N'riki:s  in    iiiI'.  coiuis    iSi) 

" '( lood-inaniini;,  siir  ;  sluuv  wc  'avc 
to  do  it,  for  tluix-  would  he  no  li\  iiii;  fur 
till'  loikcs  of  1' '.' 

"'May  I  roiiK-  in  for  a  iniiiulc  or  two 
to  liavo  a  little  talk  with  you  and  vour 
daui^litur?  ' 

"  '  Sliurc,  sur,  you  coidil  do  u/.  no  ^ood 
wliatfvcr  by  ;ui\  i.f  yourc  talk,  as  \ou 
and  oursclvc-s  an-  not  of  the  sanie  n- 
laijon/ 

"'Cirannif,  let  nie  •  "li  ul  von  tlure  is 
but   one  true  reli^i  >     of  ihe   Lord 

Jesus  Christ.' 

'''vShure  you  are  rii^hi  in  that,  sur.' 

"  '  Do  you,  jL^ranuie,  believe  in  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  as  the  onl\  vSa\iour  of  sin- 
ners ?  ' 

"  '  liless  your  sowl,  why  should  I  n(»l? 
vShure  I  would  be  a  luulhen  if  I  did  not 
belaive  on  him.  I  have  the  fa\  th  and  I 
am  a  praxin*:^  woman.' 

"'Well  then,  grannie,  I  believe  in  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  love  him,  and  prav 
to  him;  mi^ht  1  not  be  allowed  to  enter 
and  have  a  little  talk  with  \(tu  about  oui 
blessed  Lord  and  the  love  of  (lodtous 
in  him  ? ' 


!     '-I 


pv 


Pis 


•>' 


;i:;'* 


V!  ii 


'liiil 


lyO   TIIK    o'l-KTlKN    (>'    HOTAXY    HAY 

"'  l'\i\lli  ami  it"  it  ix.'  that  you  aiv  ;>()- 
iiijj^  to  talk  ahow t  \<»u  nia\-  cdihl-  in  and 
wclconu-.' 

''I  entered,  stated  myself  hy  lla-  door, 
bade  them  j^o  on  with  their  work  and  not 
to  allow  my  presenee  to  hinder  them  in 
their  dnlies.  I  read  to  them  the  third 
chapter  of  John's  (iospel  and  j^ave  a  sim- 
ple rnnninj^^  comment  on  what  was  read. 
I  had  some  pleasant  conversation  on  tlu- 
plan  of  salvation,  the  lovin*,^  almi^htv 
vSavionr,  llic  one  mediator  between  (lod 
and  man  and  the  only  Saviour  of  sinners. 
Both  listened  most  resi)ectfulh .  'And 
now,  <,Mannie,  as  we  have  <;()t  alon_L;-  so  fat 
nicelv  in  our  talk,  would  you  have  any 
objections  to  j()inin<.;  me  in  a  word  of 
prayer  to  the  livinj^,  lo\in<>-  Jesu      ' 

"  '  None  in  the  world,  sur,' 

"  We  knelt  together  on  the  sanded 
deal  floor  and  talked  to  Jesus  himself.  I 
opened  my  heart  to  him  in  threat  ten- 
derness, and  prayed  him  to  bless  our  con- 
verse, and  that  he  would  bless  the  widow 
and  her  orphan  dauL;hter,  and  that  he 
would  make  them  his  own  true  followers 
in   tliis  life  that   it   mioht   be  well  with 


0\ 


ai)Vi;nti'ki:s  in  Tin    coikts    191 

tlK'in  in  iIk  lilV  to  loiiic.  WIk'Ii  \vi-  k.m' 
Irutii  our  kiK't.s  tlit-  old  lady  caiiL;lit  my 
liaiid  in  holli  of  Iris,  sa\  iii;^  : 

" '  Voii  'a\c  done-  iii\'  poor  old  sowl 
<;ood,  lliis  Messed  iiiarniii]L;.  Von  'a\e, 
shnrt'.  The  i^ood  (iod  Mess  \»)U  fur  a 
perfect  oiiitlemaii,  and  llie  fnrst  wan  'o 
Nonr  soil  thai  e\er  canu-  into  in\'  howse 
and  l)elia\ed  as  yon  lia\e  done  to-da\. 
Now,  mind  yon  ne\er  pass  nix  iloor  w  iili- 
onl  spakinj^  lo  me,  for  a  word  will  alwavs 
be  welcome.  May  the  j^.uul  Okk]  bless 
yon  ever  wid  his  smile  and  how  Id  yon 
up  in  the  path  ove  rii;hteonsness  I ' 

•'It  was  for  me  a  victory;  (iod  be 
praised.  Others  had  annoxed  and  in- 
sulted the  old  lady,  wt)rryin^-  her  about 
])nr«;atory,  confession,  aI)solution,  be 
X'irj^in  Mary,  and  the  saints,  but  had 
ne\er  addressed  themselves  to  tin.-  citadel 
of  the  heart,  and  so  had  had  the  door 
closed  against  them.  It  is  mneh  belter 
to  talk  on  the  things  about  which  we  are 
aj^reed  ;  our  differences  will  be  reached 
.soon  enoUiLjh,  and  if  we  ha\e  .set  out 
rioht  we  will  then  be  the  better  able  to 
deal   with  them.      Xo  doubt,  as  workers, 


ill 


19-2    TUl'    (j'KKTrRX    u'    HOTANV    HAY 


Ik*  * 


|ii  1' 


i;.i 


II;! 


*.-!. 


oliKis  had  /.tal  and  talent,  bnt  tlicy  were 
laikin};  in  tact.  I  felt  I  had  a  ri^ht  to 
praise  (tod  for  enablinj^^  me  to  read 
to  and  talk  with  and  pray  for  that 
very  bij^oted  Roman  Catholic  wo- 
man. 

"  Sometimes  I  had  to  step  in  be- 
tween fio;hlinj^  women.  The  fi*rhi 
j;enerally  be};an  with  the  tonj^Jie, 
then  it  came  to  l)lows,  screams,  and 
a  general  nproar  and  cries  of  'mnr- 
der.'  A  fi^ht  by  degraded  women 
is  a  sad  spectacle.  To  overmaster 
snch  demanded  forethonoht,  will 
power,  and  self-crncifixion.  A 
slKMii;  hand  and  a  loving  heart  conid 
work  wonders  with  the  most  dej^raded  of 
them.  On  the  most  tryinj;^  occasions  I 
never  nttered  an  nnkindword;  bnt  the 
look  of  my  eye  was  cnouj^h  for  the  most 
violent  and  wicked  of  them.  The  cast 
of  the  eye  wonld  make  them  slink  away 
ont  of  si<rht.  Many  can  resist  the  lon<jne 
who  have  to  succnmb  to  the  eve,  'Jesus 
looked  on  Peter.'  " 

In    .Li^oinor    npstairs    to    the    third    flat 
one  morninj":,   Mr.   Foster  was  met  with 


-  "^^  T  'V'^mk  A?^>iim?f^s^am!^^eSf*!im!v^s^^7.mi9ii 


Al)\  I.NTrUKS    IN    Till.    Col  R  IS     I  (>3 

screams  and  sliotils  of,  "Mnnkr,  .nurd'  , 
ni-u-r-d-t-r !" 

"  When  I  readied  llie  l.uidiii«^^  I  found 
a  nniiil)er  of  women  in  dislialiille,  and 
two  of  them  c  n.i,M,oed  in  a  hand-to-hand 
encounter  and  rij^liliiiM  lik^-  men.  Thi 
short-^Dwn  sleeves  were  rolled  np.  the 
hair  drawn  back  and  drawn  nj>  into  a 
tii^ht  coil  as  a  ])recantionarv  measure. 
They  wen  in  jq:rips  and  pnminelinj^  each 
other  in  a  most  fearful  fashion.  One  of 
them  had  a  badly  swollen  face  and  a 
black  eye;  the  other  was  bleed ''ijr  pro- 
fusely and  was  covered  with  bites  and 
scratches,  and  had  her  short  j>own  torn 
to  tatters.  One  of  them  was  a  real 
\  iraoo,  a  raven in,«,^  wild  beast.  I  walked 
np  to  them  coollv  as  if  nothinq-  unusual 
was  <,M)ino;  on,  and  quietlv  whispned  into 
the  ear  of  the  wild  woman  : 

"  'Mrs.  I) ,  I  am  surprised  to  see  a 

woman  like  \  (in  eno;aqed  iu  a  scrap  of 
this  kind,  I  always  tlioufrht  \ou  a  woman 
of  .sensi-,  and  that  you  had  enough  self-re- 
spect to  keep  you  from  eno-ai^inq- in  such 
a  de^nadinor  performance.  Xow,  ]>lease, 
.qive  over  for  your  own  sake  and   for  the 

N 


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194    '''"'■•    o'KUTrUN    <>'    luyiANV    ItAV 


n?  41 


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J'!, 


peace  and  ^ood   name  of  the    neij^hhor- 
hood.' 

" They  lehixed  at  once  their  ^rip  of  each 
other,  and  each  made  for  her  own  door, 
\vee])in(4  the  while,  and  eacli  blamin*;-  the 
other  as  the  occasion  of  the  (|narrel  and 
tile  disoracefnl  scene.  It  was  al)v>nt  some 
trivial  thin<».  I  followed  them  np,  j^oin;^ 
fust  into  the  house  of  the  one  and  then 
into  that  of  the  other,  and  "ot  to  nnder- 
stan<l  the  quarrel  ;  ^ave  each  suitable 
advice  and  had  pra\er  with  both.  Out- 
wardly I  was  calm  and  collected,  but  in- 
wardly I  was  very  differeut.  It  was  a 
trenieiulous  strain  on  my  nerxous  system, 
and  an  incident  not  soon  to  be  fori;otten." 

Mr.  I'\)ster  says :  "  Anu)n<;-  such  a 
crowd  I  had  to  be  both  physician  and 
nurse,  and  attend  both  scarletina  and 
smalljiox.  In  treatinj^  such  my  favorite 
remedies  were  tincture  of  aconite  and 
buttermilk.  A  few  droi)s  of  the  tinc- 
tur(  dlayed  the  fe\er,  and  then  a  spont^e- 
down  with  buttermilk  coole<l  the  skin 
and  refreshed  the  ]iatient.  In  smalljiox, 
when  the  pustules  were  well  formed,  the 
buttermilk    renu)\ed    the    temptation   to 


ADNKNTlkl-.S    IN    TIIH    ColKTS     I95 

scralcli.  The  eruption  ran  lo^vtlicr  ami 
the  milk  aiul  it  formed  a  slicatliiii*'- 
over  the  new  skin,  and  then  the  wliok- 
eaiue  a\va\  al  once,  and  so  i)oek-j)iltin<4 
was  i)revented.  I  had  no  letters  patent 
for  this  treatment  of  smalliH)\,  hut  doz- 
ens of  medical  men  have  tried  it  and 
ftmnd  it  work  like  a  charm. 

"  I  had  no  thonj^ht  of  snpplantinj^  the 
re^nlar  plivsician,  hut  many  of  those  noor 
folk  were  not  in  the  circnm.stances  to  call 
in  medical  aid,  as  ])ayment  in  advance 
was  <;enerally  demanded.  It  was  a  real 
pleasure  to  me  to  be  able  to  relieve 
human  suffering  and  to  speak  a  word  of 
spiritual  comfort. 

''vSome  of  my  tVllow-])elievers  scolded 
and  upbraided  me  for  leniptino-  Provi- 
dence by  i^oiii.^-  into  such  low  ])laces,  but 
I  remembered  the  pit  out  of  which  the 
Lord  had  di.i;.i;vd  me.  These  jxjor  folk 
were  human,  anu)U,o  those  for  whom 
Christ  died,  and  to  whom  the  niessas-e 
of  salvation  was  sent." 

Mr.  I'oster  sa\s  that  he  never  was  am- 
bitious to  be  the  1)  istor  of  a  leadino-  citv 
church:   "I    loved     to  labor  amont--  the 


W" 


I9<J   TIIK    o'KRTrKX    u'    IJOTAXV    15AV 


|!        < 


M- 

Ih 


lowly  ])()<)r  ami  the  outcast  classes.  I 
could  see  with  my  owu  eves  in  them 
the  operation  of  the  <,naee  of  (iod  in  the 
self-elevation  of  its  subjects.  The  dis- 
covery is  not  so  easily  made  in  wealthv 
society  peoi)le,  who  are  ever  demanding; 
a  relii^ion  of  culture  and  a  scientific 
j^ospel  in  keti)in,Lj-  with  the  aoe,  and  who 
in  uniting  with  a  church  bari^ain  for  the 
hall-room,  euchre  j)arlies,  and  theatricals. 
'J'he  city  pasttn'  in  .some 
quarters  has  a  hard  row  to 
hoe,  and  is  much  to  be 
pitied  and  prayed  for.  The 
slums  in  comparison  is  par- 
adise itself,  .salary  or  no  .sal- 
ary." 


CHAPTl'R   XIV 


ODD    CIIARACTlUiS 

How  poor,  liow  rich,  how  jbjt-i  t,  hdw  ;ui,L,Mi>t, 
I  low  (diuplicitc,  how  woiulcrful,  i>  m.m. 

IX  the  spriiio-  of  1.S65  John  I'oskr  com- 
pleted his  theolooical  cunieuluiii. 
The  two  vacations  precedino-  it  he  had 
spent  in  ehar^-  of  small  chnrehes  at 
snmnier  ivsorts  o!i  the  Clxde  and  the 
Forth,  and  in  ])oth  instances  was  the 
choice  of  the  people  themsclws ;  his 
services  as  student  ]Kistor  were  hUssi^-d  to 
many,  and  l.f  ^ad  mnch  kindness  shown 
to  him  by  the  i)eople,  many  of  whom  he 
fonnd  to  be  the  excellent  of  the  earth. 

On  both  coasts  he  met  .Ljrand  t\pes  of 
Christian  character,  men  ami  women  w  ho 
for  a  lifetime  had  bten  in  the  stress  of 
the  storm  of  opposition  and  ridicnle  for 
principle's  sake,  and  .served  as  beacon 
lio-hts. 

Odd   characters    are    met    with    every- 

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I9S   THE   O'KRTrRN    ()'    BOTANY    BAY 

where,    but    some     neighborhoods    arc 
more    largely  stocked  wit!;    them    than 


others,  men  and  women  whose  mental 
S^ear  is  a  little  out  of  order,  and  who 
have  failed  to  j^rip  the  very  first  princi- 
ples of  the  <;()spel  of  Christ.      Mr.  Foster 


sss 


^:'!fi6mar-'«v^s<tr!.vii 


onn  ciiAKAC'n:Ks 


I  (M) 


tcll^ 


houl 


Jam 


ic    Soiitcr,   a 


<'()()U 


hearted,  vell-iiK-anini;-  younj;  shoemaker, 
l)Ut  not  hle^se(l  with  too  mucli  eiieri;\- 
or  ambition,  and  a  wee  hit  destitnte  of 


pti 


irumntion 


H 


e  was  reua 


rded 


IS  one  of 


the 


d  1 


\erv  iiood  hv  a  nnmher  o 


f  hul 


les  of 


nncerlain  a<>e,  all  of  them    interested   in 


Jami 


e  as  a  "  dear,  s^ood  man 


He  had 


been  missed  from  the  serviees  a  whole 
day  and  Mr.  l-'oster  was  concerned  abont 
him,  as  he  had  been  most  rejjnlar  in  his 


attendance. 


After  the  eveninir  servic< 


sa\s 


Ml 


Foster,  "  I  was  on  my  way  to  visit  a  sick 
person  when  I  met  Jamie  vSonter  ont  for 
a  stroll.  I  said  to  him,  '  James,  we  missed 
you  at  the  services  all  day  and  felt  some- 
what concerned  about  xon.  Were  \ 
sick  that  vou  could  not  be  with 


on 


US 


I 


wass   n'cel  enou 


f, 


d  1 


said  lie,  LTiviUL'' 


the  peculiar  drawl  and   burr  of  tlie  dis- 


trict. 


I 


was 


i'  tl 


le  verv  act  o'  uetlniL^ 


ready  to  j^^aiii^  oot  to  worship,  and  jist 
pnttiujT^  on  my  shirt  collar  when  the  but- 
ton cam'  aff,  and  that  s]>yird  me  for  the 
day,  and  I  i^neM  up  the  thocht  o'  j^^oiu;.,^ 
oot  altogether.' 


h 


ilil 


!1" 


'^^/ST" 


m 


i 


!1 


H 


Hi 


|i' 


f 


200  THH  ()'i:Krrk\  o'  hot.wn-  hav 

"  '  I>ut,  JaiiK's,  if  yoii  had  htcii  vci  v 
anxious  lo  ^o  tocliurch  \oii  snreh- could 
have  sewn  on  a  button,  or  for  that  part 
of  it,  made  use  of  a  i)in.'  P>ut  said  he  in 
reply  : 

"  '  It  would  never  dae,  ye  ken,  to  sew 
on  buttons  on  (lod'sain  day;  that  kiue  'o 
thinjr  is  for  ilher  days  o'  the  week  and 
no  for  the  Sabbath  iUw'' 

"  Here  was  a  man  who  could  neglect 
the  house  of  prayer  and  the  Lord's  vSuj)- 
j)e;-  for  a  strict  observance  of  the  vSab- 
balh,  strainin^^  at  a  <^nat  and  swallowiiiii;- 
a  camel." 

As  to  oddities  and  oddness.  Jamie  Sou- 
ter  was  no  exception  in  that  loca'itv : 
"  There  was  a  Mary  San,L,^ster,  who  was  a 
wee  bit  cra/ed  on  th.e  vSecond  Advent, 
and  badly  mixed  in  her  ideas.  At  times 
she  <^ave  evidence  that  all  was  not  right 
in  her  intellect.'" 

At  a  very  early  hour  one  morninj^  .she 
came  to  Mr.  booster's  1)oardin,i;--house  door, 
sinoiu!^   in  tones  much   more   loud   than 


inusii 


Awake,  awaki-,  tlic  Lord  lias  come, 
Ami  now  he  li.is  a])|)eare(l." 


Hi 


Ba 


"!r=^^^\i;r,^v 


(Mil)    CIIARACri'.kS 


Jdl 


He  says:  "  I  ^ol  up,  partially  (lii»i(l, 
raised  the  window  sash,  put  out  in\  litad, 
and  said  in  an  injnivd  tone:  *  Mai\-,  what 
is  the  nieaniui^  of  all  this  noise  at  such 
an  early  hour? ' 

"Her  reply  wa>. :  'Dear  Mr.  I'ostt-r,  the 
Lord  jesus  has  siuldenK'  eoiue  to  hi->  teni- 
]>le  ;  are  xou  tu)  i^led  o'  it?  He  is  uoo 
ir.  Jerusalem,  and  we  are  a'  ;^auu  to  meet 
him,  and  you  ken,  as  I  like  you.  I  hae 
come  to  <j;^et  \(>u  to  i^aui;  wi'  me  tae  tin- 
heautit'u'  eeety.' 

"  Here  was  I  in  an  awkward  fix.  It 
re(piired  j^reat  tact  to  ^et  out  of  it  with- 
out woinulin*;-  her,  and  i^et  the  i>oor  de- 
mented creatrire  home  to  her  bed.  I  in- 
(juired  :  'Mary,  do  you  know  tlu-  road  to 
Jerusalem  ?  I  am  not  <|uite  sure  that  I 
know  it.  Ha\e  \(»u  any  idea  of  the  dis- 
tance, the  different  countries  to  he  pas?-ed 
throu):;!!  before  irettinjj  there,  and  the 
number  of  lan<^uams  spoken  by  the  dif- 
ferent nations,  and  the  time  it  would  take 
to  make  the  journey  a-foot,  as  we  are  both 
poor  and  would  have  to  foot   it  and  be<^ 


our  way 


•  ■> ' 


i'l 


"She    innocently    rtplird  :    'T    hinna 


i:. 


in' 

!r   1 


2U2    TIIK    o'kkTIKX    o'    ItOTAW    B.w 

sitidk'd  it  up.  hut  iIk-  L<m(1  would 
provide  and  wc  could  spcir  the  o-ait  (iu- 
quirc  the  way),  aud  if  \vc  hadua  the  lau- 
K^ua.t^^c  \vc  could  uiak'  si<^nis,  ouy  way.' 

"  I  thcu  said :    '  Look  hciv,   Mary,  hc- 
fore  we  st.t  out  ou  that  jounuy,  and  such 
a   lono    one,    we   had   hetter  make  some 
suitahle    ])reparati()n.      The    Lord    Jesus 
would  not  thank  either  of  us  if  we  were 
to  meet  him  in  Jerusalem,  the  ooldeu,  if 
we  l)uu«,de(l  this  hit  of  husiness.     He  ex- 
pects all   of  his   followers  to  show  some 
common  sense  in  their  life  arrancrenients. 
If  the  Lord  Jesus  was  at  Ayton,  or  even 
in  Kdinl)uru;h,  or  (;iaso;ow,  we  mi)^ht  set 
out  from  where  we  are  aud  just  as  we  are, 
aud  the  journey  niioht  he  made  in  safety 
aud  with  some  decree  of  comfort  too  ;  hut 
to    se.    out    for  Jerusalem    at   this  early 
hour,   and    half-hjind    with    sleep,    nure- 
freshed  and   hun^i^ny,  and   no  prei)aration 
whatever  madr.  is  not  just  the  thinjr  for 
good    Christian    folk    to    attempt.     The 
Lord    does  not  expect    us    to   ahuse  the 
body,  but   to  use  it  to  his  olorv  and  to 
further  his  cause  in  the  world.     ^Lary, 
you  had   better  oo  home  and  rest  a  wee 


^sms^^^ 


**^-/^A^  'f^. .  ■;  :,A>^>Ji*' -r'^i^^fer-i^J 


ODD  cn.\KACTi:us 


JO  J 


])it,  aiul  we  will  talk  owr  iiiattcrs  a  litllc 
laUr  oil  and  make  pn)pcr  ariaiij^cniciils.' 

"Mary  was  satisficil  and  qnitlly  went 
home  U)  liei  I)t.(l.  She  was  sali>fied  to 
remain  in  iMshertown,  to  have  Jcsns 
dwell  in  iier  heart  by  faith,  and  her  luulv 
be  the  temple  of  the  Holy  (Ihost.  vShe 
j^ave  np  the  thon>^ht  <.f  a  matt-rial  Jtrn- 
saleni  of  oreat  spkiulor  and  the  re-estab- 
lishment of  jndaism.  '  Words  litlv  spoken 
are  like  apples  of  j^old  in  pietnres  of  sil- 
ver.'" 

At  one  time  there  was  a  terrifie  storm 
off  the  roek-bomid  eoast  of  Herwiek,  and 
the  lar^e  herring  lleet  fonnd  a  shelter  in 
the  harbor  and  offing-,  and  tin-  half-deals' 
men  had  eonie  ashore  for  enjoxnunt, 
wliieh  means,  the\  drank  and  (piarrckd 
and  madr  the  air  hideous  with  their 
shonts  and  profanities.  The  nproar  in 
the  village  was  nnnsiial  aini  there  was  a 
ery  of  ninnkr,  mnrder,  m-n-r-d-e-r  !  \Vo- 
nun  were  rnnninjn  to  the  beach  shriekin<,^ 
Mr.  I'oster  was  in  his  stndv  preparinj^ 
for  the  Thnrsday  evening;  service  when 
he  heard  the  nproar  and  the  distressino; 
cries   of  the    fisherwomen.      He    jumped 


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"P,  put  on  his  l,:,t,  and  rnpid..  made  for 
llic  bcacli.  On  his  way  he  inquired  of 
one  and  another  the  nature  of  the  tror.Me, 
and  tht  answer  j^riven  him  was  : 

"  It's  hrntal  wark  tliey  are  daein<,rat  the 
l)eaeh.  'j'hey  are  jist  killin'  iiher.'  Pine 
wark,  indeed,  for  a  lot  o'  Christians. 
They  are  niair  like  Sooth  Sea  sava^^'S 
than  ceevileexed  folk.  lint  nane  o'  oor 
"K'n  are  in  it  ;  jist  a  lot  'o  low  larish 
and  Ilic-lan  half-deals  men,  who,  when 
fii'  o'  ynle,  eanna  a-ree  i)nt  mnst  iist 
feeht." 

It  was  the  herrino-  nshin.L,r  season, 
and  a  lar-,.  Heet  of  deeked  vessels  was 
eno;aoed  in  its  proseention.  'J'hc  erews 
represented  sewral  nationalities,  and 
each  carried  six  men,  half-deal's  men,  or 
men  not  re,o;ularly  en-aovd  in  the  fishini,^ 
business,  but  extra  help  readv  to  serve 
for  a  share  of  the  cateh  dnrin'o  the  sea- 
son. 

The-  men  when  ashore  had  imbibed 
too  freely  of  -  .^xn]c  Scotch  drink,"  and 
it  had  ronscd  their  passions  to  the  Iiiohcst 
pitch,  and  had  put  the  "  Kerish  "  and  the 
"  Hielan  "  men  in  fi-htin.o^  trim  and  oppo- 


ODD    CMAUACTl.US 


-<^'5 


site  camps.  Tlu-  hallk'  was  on.  A  rini; 
had  lufti  I'DruKtl,  sides  takiii,  and  llu- 
men  wlio  were  fij^htinj;  had  ihvii  sii-onds 
and  a  referee.  When  Mr.  l-'ostrr  arrived 
on  ihe  j^TDnnd  the  nii  n  wire  in  i^i  ips  and 
d()in<,^  their  best  to  throw  each  other. 
The  combatants  were  an  Irishman  and  a 
Hij^hland  man.  They  were  stripped, 
and  were  pnmmeliniL;  each  other  in  a 
most  hrntal  way.  The  men  were  bletdinj^ 
freely,  and  their  naked  bodies  sliowed 
phiinly  tlie  damai^e  that  liad  l)een  in- 
flicted in  the  naane  of  manl\-  sport.  How 
many  roinids  they  fon^^hit  we  know  not. 
The  Ilij^hkind  man  had  the  worst  of  it, 
was  very  excited  and  \ieions,  and  about 
to  nsc  his  teeth  »)n  hi^  antagonist.  Mr. 
Foster  elbowed  his  way  throni^h  the 
crowd  and  ".i^ot  iirside  of  the  rini;  and 
alonoside  of  the  naked  warriors.  Ik- 
says  : 

''I  took  in  the  situation  at  once,  and 
(jnieth'  step])ed  np  to  the  Irishman  and 
whispered  into  his  ear:  '  My  friend,  I  am 
snrprised  to  find  a  sensible,  o^ood-loukinj^ 
fellow  like  you  eni^a^ed  in  such  un- 
seemly,   brutal    work.      It    is    not    a    bit 


f«a4.*Jir5t-T! 


M 


w 


!  ! 


U-n' 


2()(J    THK    u'l.KTrRN    < )'    HoT.VNV    UAV 

'"•"»ly  "'■  ^'>ll  t..  r.uht  i„  this  way,  and 
yon  do  lint  know  in  what  it  niavcml.  If 
you  please,  ;4ive  it  up  like  a  }.oo(I  fellow; 
now,  be  a  ^enllenian.' 

"IK-  look  breath,  looke.l  nie  in  the 
face,  and  incpiired  :  'Are  y.u  a  clergy, 
jnan?'  I  replied  in  the  airirniative  : 
'Then  fur  the  sake  d  \(.ur  riverencc, 
and  the  tlnouble  you  'ave  put  yourself 
to,  I  will  quit  and  ij,,t  strike  another 
blow.' 

"  And  neither  did  he.  I  led  him  away 
to  his  elothcs,  and  when  clothed  took 
liini  away  ofT  the  -rounds,  on  the  wav 
K'lvinj^r  hiui  j^r^od  advice. 

"It  took  half  a  dozen  men  to  hold 
back  the  Hi-hland  man,  infuriated  and 
foauiin*,-  at  the  mouth,  and  ready  to  de- 
vour all  and  sundry.  The  li(juor  lia<l 
dethroned  reason  and  the  animal  was 
rampant.  The  Ili-hland  men  were  not 
pleased  with  me  for  spoiIin;,r  the  lioht, 
hut  I  had  done  so  by  takino  hold  of  "the 
rij^ht  man.  The  brinoiu..  of  it  to  an  cud 
prevented  the  callin.o;  out  of  the  military 
stationed  at  Grceidaw  or  Herwick. 

"  The  fisherwonien   said  :    '  Mr.  I<'o.'- ter 


■  V'-*  ,.•-, 


«.)l»li    CllARACTl.KS 


2i': 


(lid  it  j^ran'lic,  and  .sac  <iiii(.lly  Uv.  'I'lit- 
inini.sUi's  a  ii};ular  hiick  ;  lie  kciis  lux. 
tac  tlac  it.'  I  was  not  cxikcIkI  to  »1<» 
.such  things,  hm  I  cotiM  ni>t  tiftain.  In- 
terfere I  must,  ill  the  iiitir«.sis  of  the  eoin- 
nioii  j^ood.  I  iie\er  laid  inystlf  out  f(.r  it, 
hut  time  and  ajj^aiu  I  was  in  for  it  before 
I  knew."  Mr.  l-'osttr  .said  of  one  of  tlie.se 
times:  "I  was  on  my  way  h(«me  from  a 
toilsome  da\ 's  vi.siiatioii,  saw  a  crowd  on 
tile  roadway  and  four  coii.stahles  lian- 
dliii<,»^  a  poor  tipsy  tradesman  in  a  nio.si 

'J'liev   had  thrown  him 


tital 


manner. 


down  and  were  hoklin*;  him  down  and 
l)eatin<4  him  with  their  hati^ns.  vStewarl 
was  a  well-to-do  citizen, a  master  ]dnmher, 
hut  in  drink  a  leri(>r  to  the  whole  iieiuh- 
horhood,  and  loo  much  for  the  police. 
They  were  taking  him  to  the  lockup  and 
he  was  resisting  them  with  all  his  iniolit, 
and  they  were  hound  they  would  heat  him 
into  suhjection.  I  h. id  to  interfere  ;  uiy 
better  nature  compelled  me  to  do  it.  I 
could  not  <{a\u\  by  and  .see  the  poor 
tradesman  abused,  e\eu  lhoU5.;h  he  was 
drunk.  I  requested  the  policemen  to 
>^ive  Stewart  to  me,  and  I  promised  them 


2oS  Tin:  cyiiKriRx  o'  ho'iaxv  hav 


W 


i  I 


I.  I 


I 


I  wiiild  take  liim  (juiLlly  to  the  lockup. 
They  williiioly  haiulcd  him  over  to  nie. 
When  I  had  him  nix.ii  his  tVet,  I  said: 
'Stewart,  mv  ^^nod  iVllow,  will  vou  oo 
quietly  to  the  police  station  if  I  o(,  ^vilh 
yon?  I  will  see  that  yon  ^et  fair  p]av 
and  that  jn>tiee  is  done  yon.'  He  at 
once  said,  '  Til  oan^-  wi'  you,  sir,  hnt  not 

ui'    them  .'      And    so    arm    in   arm 

we  went  down  the  street,  the  police  fol- 
lowing- behind.  It  was  better  for  all  con- 
cerned that  he  went  peaceabl\-  than  that 
there  shonld  have  been  a  scene,  and  the 
poor  man  <,ret  there  battered,  bruised,  and 
bleedini^. 

"When  vStewart  sobered,  he  so/xTid. 
He  found  hinrself  in  a  cell  in  the  lock- 
up ;  he  had  a  racking-  headache  and  sore 
bones,  and  was  co\ered  with  ^ore. 
'Where  am  I,  and  boo  did  I  oet  here?' 
'  Vou  have  been  resistino-  the  constables, 
and  thrashing  them  too,  and  to  save  vou 
irom  unha])])y  consequences  the  voun^- 
minister  o'  the  Dipper  folk  had  to  step  in 
and  tak'  yon  tae  the  lockuji.'  It  was 
enono-h  ;  his  better  jud.L^nient  did  the 
rest.      '  I    could    hae    thrashed    the   four 


ODD    ClIARACTKRS 


2(  19 


policciiicn  and  tied  lluin  up  in  a  kiu-t, 
and  dichud  (wiped)  the  .stuit  \\V  llicin, 
the  cowards;  hut  there  is  nae  <4ettin<^'- ,.\r 
my  heino  taken  tae  the  K.eknp  1)\  the 
minister.  My  eertie,  we  maun  hae  hxik'd 
oran  as  we  .i^ae'd  (loon  the  street,  me  rear- 
in,o;  fu',  and  the  minister  sae  quiet  and 
kind'" 

It  was  a  nnicpie  temperance  sermon, 
the  minister's  takinoof  red-headed  Stew- 
art, the  phimher,  to  the  h)ckuj). 


m 


N, ''' 


if; 


:    n    ! 


CHAl'TKR    XV 

LOOKING    TOWARD    INDIA 

Far,  f.ir  aw.iy,  in  Iicatlicn  darknos  dwelling; 

Millions  of  souls   forcviT  may  be  lost  ; 
Wiio,  wiio  uiii  ^o,  salvation's  stor\  tcllinj;, 

Looking  to  Jesus,  hccilin<;  not  tlic  cost? 

AFTKR  his  o^radiiatioii  Mr.  Foster 
was  inakiii<(  special  ])r(.'})aratioii  for 
Lhe  forci*;ii  field,  aiul  expected  to  sail 
some  time  in  the  autumn  for  India,  lie 
was  busy  with  certain  medical  studies, 
with  a  view  to  beinj;  helpful  to  sufferiiio- 
Inimanity,  if  needful.  In  the  meantime 
he  was  ready  to  do  at  home  what  was 
expected  of  him  when  amon<(  a  ])a,t4an 
j)eople. 

Hurke  has  said  :  "  It  is  by  sympathy 
that  we  enter  into  the  concerns  of  others, 
that  we  are  moved,  and  are  never  suf- 
fered to  be  indifTerent  spectators  of 
almost  anything-  man  can  do  or  suffer. 
Vov  sympathy  may  be  considered  as  a 
kind  of  substitution  by  which  we  are  j)Ut 

2IO 


iiiaib^- 


I,()(1KINC.    TOWAkIt    IM)IA 


21  I 


in  the  place  of  another  man,  ami  affected 
in  many  respects  as  he  is  afTected." 

Mr.  iMxster  fonnd  that  his  daily  effort 
in  hehalf  of  the  ill-<'nided  and  snflerin}: 
j)oor  matle  a  Ireniendons  demand  npon 
his  sympathetic  natnre,  and  that  a  day's 
".shnnminj;,"  as  it  is  called,  was  more 
taxino-  and  exhanstin^  than  preachin«; 
to  a  j>;reat  conoreoation.  Some  one  mnst 
do  it,  if  \vc  wonld  «;et  down  to  rock- 
bottom  iL^ospel  principles.  The  Son  of 
Ood  became  the  vSon  of  Man.  He  hnm- 
bled  himself  in  the  body  oi  onr  Hesh, 
stoopin<^  down  to  onr  low  level  to  live 
onr  life,  and  in  the  end  bore  the  ij^no- 
miny  and  the  sniTerinj^^  of  the  cross  for 
the  joy  set  before  him,  onr  redemption. 

Our  fellow-sufferer  yet  retains 
A  felldw-feelin^f  of  our  pains, 
And  still  rcnienihers  in  the  skies, 
His  tears  antl  aj,'onies  and  cries. 

While  waitinj^  the  decision  of  the  com- 
mittee of  the  Forei<;n  Missionar\  vSocietv, 
Mr.  John  Foster  served  as  a  snp])l\  in 
many  of  the  towns  of  his  native  land, 
and  generally  with  acceptance. 


212    THK    o'l-RTl-RX    ()'    liOTAXV    HAV 


^V 


h! 


vScveral  imMiiiiiciit  brethren  soiiuht  to 
dissuade  liiin  from  ooiii<r  to  India,  settinjr 
before  bini  the  elainis  of  tlic  home  land 
on  a  man  of  his  nature.  He  was  look- 
in<r  forward  to  his  aeeeptance  for  forei«;n 
service.  A  missionary  life  was  the  pas- 
sion of  his  soul. 

He  had  read  of  Care\-,  Marshman,  and 
Ward,  Williams,  Knibb,  Uurchell,  W.  C. 
Burns,  Baker,  MofTett,  and  Livinostone. 
He  had  witnessed  J.  i).  Paton's  ordina- 
tion to  <,r,,  to  the  vSouth  vSea  Islands,  :i'ul 
he  had  been  a  cit\-  missionary  like  hi..i- 
self,  in  connection  with  Dr.  Svmin"-ton\s 
conoreo^ation.  He  has  lived  to  prove  that 
the  qualities  needful  to  success  were  pos- 
sessed by  him. 

"When  July  at  last  arrived,"  says  :\Ir. 
Foster,  "  I  was  invited  to  meet  the  com- 
mittee in  London,  and  have  it  settled  as 
to  my  ooincr  to  India.  I  set  out  on  the 
evening  of  the  twenty-fourth,  arrived  in 
London  next  morning,  and  appeared  be- 
fore the  committee.  I  set  out,  placing 
my  whole  case  in  Cod's  hands,  prepared 
either  for  the  best  or  the  worst,  and  it 
was  well  that  I  could  do  so.     The  com- 


i.ooKiNc.  Toward  india        213 

inittcc  is  npRsc'iilalivc  of  all  parts  of  llir 
United  Kin<4<loin,  and  it  was  then  in  pos- 
session of  niy  whole  history,  and  had 
certificates  as  to  the  state  of  my  heallji, 
my  standing;  at  colle.^e.  at  the  theoloi^i- 
cal  hall,  my  '•lation  to  my  own  past(»r, 
and  my  interest  in  Christian  work  i^eiier- 
ally. 

"  I  had  a  kindly  introdnction  to  the 
brethren,  and  they  seemed  to  take  a 
special  interest  in  their  yoini<^  brother 
from  north  of  the  Tweed.  I  was  (pies- 
tioned  on  the  matter  of  personal  i)iety 
and  the  enjoyment  I  had  in  relij^ion,  niv 
views  of  Ilible  trnth  and  ehnreh  politv, 
my  proposed  ]dan  of  work  as  a  mission- 
ary and  my  reasons  for  ])referrinL;^  the 
foreij^n  to  the  home  field.  I  answered 
to  the  best  of  my  ability,  and  my  answers 
seemed  to  meet  with  approval.  A 
dono-hty  knicrht  was  in  the  chair,  bnt 
bnsiness  soon  called  him  away,  and  the 
chair  was  taken  by  Dr.  Dowson.  of  Brad- 
ford, lie  pnt  a  few  qnestions  '  me,  the 
leadinj^  one  of  which  was  : 

"'My  yonni;  brother,  snppose  (lod   in 
his  providence  shut  n])  Nonr  way,  owin^ 


214    TIIK    t)'KRrrKX    o'    noTANV    HAY 


•■'  '\' 


Jill 


i  i 


to  the  state  of  our  fnianccs,  would  )()ti 
or  could  you  labor  as  contcutcdly  at 
home  as  on  the  foreij^ii  field  ?  ' 

"My  reply  was:  'It  would  be  a  sore 
disappointment  not  to  be  able  to  ^o  to 
India,  havinj;  had  it  before  my  mind  so 
m-.iny  years,  and  havinir  made  sjjecial 
arrangements  for  it.  Vet  Clod's  will  in 
the  matter  is  everything,  mine  nothing. 
Whether  at  home  or  abroad,  the  Master 
and  the  work  are  the  same.  Ciod's  will 
is  my  choice.' 

"The  chairman  said:  'That  is  the 
right  way  to  look  at  it,  my  brother,  it's 


.^  ' 


sens 

"  Another  young  man  and  myself  were 
accepted  for  the  foreign  field.  It  was 
not  fully  connnunicated  to  us  until  next 
morning,  when  we  appeared  at  the  Mis- 
sion House.  It  was  then  explained  that 
we  had  been  accepted  as  fit  and  proper 
persons  to  go  to  India  ;  but  the  commit- 
tee, owing  to  lack  of  funds,  could  not 
send  us,  and  did  not  know  when  it  would 
be  possible  to  do  so.  I  received  the  news 
with  a  feeling  of  sadness.  I  was  disajv 
pointed.      My  companion  was  distracted, 


LOOK  INC.     I'OWAKl)    INHIA 


-•.S 


wt'pt,  ami  made  some  cxtraonlinaiy  sl.iU- 
iiKiils,  which  I  hiid  to  his  iialUKil  Itiii- 
pciamcnt  and  his  hick  of  kiiowlcdj^e  of 
the  worhl.  We  \vcre  opposilts.  He  was 
ima<4inati\e  ami  demojistralive ;  I  was 
reserved  ami  matter-of-fact,  hut  did  n(»t 
feel  less  keenl\.  If  (lod  had  seen  fit  we 
mij^ht  have  made  a  j^ood  workin»;  team 
in  the  foreij^n  field. 

"  I  was  to  have  »;<)ne  out  with  Ihetlmn 
Robinson  and  l*Aans  ou  their  return,  and 
was  likely  to  he  stationed  at  Dacca,  on 
the  Hrahma])ootra  River,  in  IJenj^ah  I 
was  deemed  a  fit  man  for  the  place.  I 
.vas  nrs^cd  by  the  elder  secretarx  riot  to 
return  at  once  to  (ilas^ow,  hut  to  remain 
in  London,  for  the  time  hein>;,  to  ^et 
ac([uainted  with  the  brethren  and  the 
churches,  but  as  a  disappointed  man,  and 
Scotchman-like,  my  repl\-  was  : 

"'vSir,  I  did  not  come  to  London  to  i^o 
sii;ht-seein_<^,  or  as  bent  on  ])leasnre.  My 
onlv  errand  was  to  meet  the  committee, 
and  that  has  been  accomplished.  If  there 
is  no  monev  to  send  me  to  India  there  is 
no  money  to  keep  me  in  London.  I  lea\e 
for  home  to-morrow.' 


% 


m ' 


'i 


I'd- 


2i6  Tin-  (yi:i<TrKx  <>'  isotanv  isay 

"  I  do   not  tn    to  justify  myself ;  pcr- 
liaps  if  aoniii  i)]acc(l  in  the  same  circuni- 
staiicvs  I  would  not  do  it,  but  tlu-  die  liad 
been  cast.      My  attitude  j^avc  offense  to 
the  senior  secretary,  a  blnfF,  ooodduarted 
Vorksliire  man.      He  had  seen  I  \vas  dis- 
ai)l)ointed,    and    had    desired    to    let   me 
down  easily,  and  also  to  break  the  force 
of  tlie  ao;itati(,n    likely   to  sjHinjr  „p  j,, 
vScotland  over  my  failnre  to  o()  to  India 
as  expected  bv  the  vSeoltish  chnrches. 

"  W  liile  in  London  I  made  np  mv  mind 
to  see  as  mncli  as  possible  of  the  worst 
as  well  as  the  best  side  of  its  life.    I  took 
in  as  many  of  the  siohts  usually  seen  by 
visitors  as  conld   be  .seen   in   the  time  I 
had  at  mv  disposal.      I  did  „ot  desire  to 
stndy  architecture  or  to  fortify  my  knowl- 
t'<l,^v  of  history.      I  desired  to  stndy  hu- 
man   nature,  and  t..  compare  the  .slums 
of  London  with  those  of  my  native  city. 
Poor  hinnau   nature  was  the  same.     In 
the    poorer   districts    London's   .sanitary 
arrano^cmeuts    were    more    favorable    to 
health.      The  use  of  liquor  by  all  clashes 
in  Loudon  was  more  s^cucral  than  in  my 
native  city.   In  Scotland  the  use  of  licpior 


l.ODKlNd    ToWAKI)    INDIA 


2  I 


is  more  of  a  social  instoni,  and  llu-  ii>t.'  of 
the  l)ollle  is  iviiarde*!  as  a  j)le(l!L;i'  of 
friendship,  wliile  in  I'jii;land  tlie  n^e  of 
li(|n()r  is  re<^arded  as  a  nicessary  of  life, 
and  the  prerecinisite  to  a  <4ood  dax's 
work.  In  London,  in  5)roi)<>rli()n  to  the 
population,  there  is  a  greater  number  of 
degraded  women  than  in  (ilasoow,  though 
the  hitter's  t\pe  is  coarser  and  more  re- 
pelliu}^.  The  jMihlic  houses  or  shops 
were  crowded  with  them. 

"  I  noticed  that  beer  could  be  bought 
in  the  open  street  just  as  freely  as  milk 
in  vScotland.  Men  in  smock-frocks  car- 
ried it  about  in  lar^e  cans  haui^inij^  from 
a  yoke  on  their  shoulders.  .\s  thev  went 
thronj^h  the  streets  they  shouted,  '  Uecr, 
b-c-c-r,  b-c-e-r  I '  and  the  mechanics  and 
laborers  hearinj;^  the  peculiar  call,  woiild 
leave  their  job  to  |L,^et  their  ])enn'()rlh  of 
beer  and  then  return  to  their  job. 

"From  the  golden  ball,  on  the  top  of 
the  dome  of  vSt.  Paul's  Cathedral  I  o-ot  a 
fine  view  of  the  <:^rcat  city.  I  heard  a 
choral  service  in  the  cathedral,  and  in- 
spected its  monuments  On  Tlnirsdav  I 
went  to   Xewinoton   Tabernacle  to  hear 


il 


2iS  Tin-;  ()'i:kTn<\  o'  hot  aw  u.\\ 


^fli 


F 

i 

BR'  i 
ii: 


vSpiirj^voii  ;it  lioiiu-,  and  found  Iiini  tlic 
saiiK-  at  home  as  abroad,  the  prince  of 
preachers,  and  London's  Mrialesl  preach- 
er. He  had  blood  earnestness.  He  did  not 
preach  to  entertain  men,  hnt  to  save  men. 
He  spoke  as  a  man  with  a  messa.i,re  and 
a  niessajL^a-  worth  receivino^.  He  tohl  it 
in  a  way  that  couUl  be  credited  and  easily 
understood.  He  spoke  with  unction  and 
power. 

"  In  chihlhood's  (hivs  I  had  read  a  oood 
deal  about  historic  London,  and  it  was 
now  found  serviceable  in  ^j^ouv^  throuj^di 
Loudon  without  a  ^uidc  or  friend. 

"  I'.efore  I  left  I  had  the  honor  of 
diuinj;  at  the  '  Freemason's  Tavern,'  a 
noted  i)lace.  The  kuioJUed  cliairman 
^ave  the  dinner  to  the  committee  on  his 
beino-  elected  as  m<  -iber  for  Ihistol  iu 
the  House  of  Commons.  Outside  of  the 
missionary  committee  there  were  but 
three  others  present,  a  respected  brother 
troni  Canada  represent  in, i,^  the  Cirand 
Lii^ne  Mission,  the  other  missionar\ -elect 
and  myself.  The  (naud  Li.^ue  a,«;eut,  to 
economize,  had  come  over  on  a  sailin_5r 
vessel,  and  was  most  anxious  to  obtain  a 


I.ooKINC,    Tn\\  AUK    IM»IA 


^IV 


lioariuii,  htil  tlnix-  w.is  no  room  t<>r  liiiii, 
and  111-  \va>  |ti<)tiii>t(l  >(»  main  iL^iiiiKMN  it' 
Ik-  would  retrain  from  niaUini;  a  >|>«.(.<.li. 
Like  nusclf  he  had  hatl  a  di>api)oinl- 
nunl,  and  tclt  it. 

"  I  was  closely  watihid  by  ihi'  secre- 
tary, and  he  \\<is  not  slow  to  notice  that 
I  did  not  share  in  the  fesli\  ilics,  refnsinj^ 
wine  as  it  was  passed  alon<;  hy  the  j^cn- 
tlenianly  waiters.  He  was  afraiil  k^t  I 
should  carry  away  the  idea  that  the  tlin- 
ner  was  at  the  expense  of  the  socielx. 
vSo  at  the  close  of  the  dinner  he  was 
carefid  and  painstakiui^  to  inform  me 
that  it  was  provided  li\  the  (louj;ht\ 
knight,  mend)er-elect  for  the  citv  of 
Uristol,  and  chairman  of  the  niissionarx 
society.  I  did  not  need  the  information, 
and  had  no  thoughts  of  turnim;  the  din- 
ner episode  to  the  di.-'advanta,q;e  of  for- 
eijL^ni  missions,  hut  I  had  m\  .  wn  thou,iL;ht> 
of  its  cost  and  its  u'.ility,  and  nmre  espe- 
cially at  a  time  when  the  sei  vices  f  ac- 
ceptable men  could  not  he  utilized  for 
lack  of  funds.  I  did  some  mental  arith- 
metic. Hut  it  is  one  wa\  of  the  knij^hl 
houoriu'>  the  committee  and  the  e-ommit- 


220   TIIK    o'KKTfkN    o'    JJoTAW    MAV 


1    ! 


lev  lu.iK.rin^r  the  lucinhcr-clcct  for  Hris- 
tol.  It  was  my  iiii>t(.nime  to  be  Scotch, 
and  a  iK-Iicvcr  in  the  denial  fiiiiess  of 
lhiii<^s. 

"The    secretary    said    to    iiie,   '  X(»w, 
<lo   not   return    to  Scothiiid  with   a  poor 
oi)inioii  of  „s,  and  do  not  write  home  as 
yet  anythin-  ahonl  yonrself.     I  wish  to 
sec  you  and   to  have  a  chat  witli   y„n.' 
He    (h'ssnaded    nie    from    writiuii;  ;    next 
iiioruin-  I  met  him  at  his  oHicc,  .ijlivc  him 
my  modest    hill   of    expenses,  '  received 
payment,  also  a   letter  explaiuin-.  U>  my 
vScoltish  friends  how  the  case  st('..d,  my 
acceptance   by   the   committee    and    the 
discourao:i„o  state  of  the  funds. 

"I  left  by  train  that  evening  from  Kus- 
t<Mi  Scpiare  Station,  it  being  the  nearest 
lo  my  boarding-house,  a  place  noted  for 
respectability,  comfort,  and  moderate 
charges,  and  was  soon  on  my  way  to  the 

l..niii  of  Ijiouii  lie. til  and  5ha<;^ry  woods, 
I..ind  of  tlie  iiK.mit.iins  and  the  llnods. 

"I  was  in  the  city  of  my  birth  next 

morning.      II,, again  within  a   week, 

and  as  a  man  ■     ...      out  of  a  dream." 


CHArTlCR    XVI 


I'OKI'.ICN     MISSIONS    OK     IIOMI'.? 

Ji-^iis,    M.istci",  ulimn  I  mi\c, 
riiiiu:4ii  so  ft'tlily  .■•    I  s(,  ill, 

Strcn^thrii  Ii.iml  .mil  lir.irt  .tiul  iutm- 
All  thy  l)i(lilin<4  to  t'lilliil  ; 

(•pen  tlinu  iniiK-  evfs  to  mi' 

All  tiu"  wnik  tlidii  li.isl  for  iiu'. 

JcMls,     M.lstlT,    will    tholl    llsr 

One  who  o\' cs  tlii-i-  inotf  tli.iii  .ill  ? 
As  thou  uilt,    I  wdulil  iiol  (house, 

Only  kt  ini'  luMr  thy  <  .ill  ; 
JcMis.  let  nu-  .ilw.iys  iio 
In  tliy  sci\  it  f  ,l;1.i(1  ;inil  titr. 

TTrHI'^X  John  Fi»stci  utiinu'd  to  his 
\  \  native-  city  alter  liis  brief  .sojonrn 
in  London,  and  it  hccamc  known,  as  it 
soon  did,  that  the  niissionai\'  society  was 
tniable  to  send  liim,  it  was  the  opinion  of 
many  that  it  was  the  will  of  (io(!  that  he 
shonhl  remain  in  his  native  land. 

"  If  God   meant   him  to  <^o  he  wotild 
have  provided  the  means  to  oo."    "Why 

221 


Till-:  ()'i:rti  ux  o'  hotaw  n.\\ 


k  } 


il    ■ 


sliouUl  he  iiol  sfllk'  down  coiUc-nlc'dlv  at 
home  and  do  the  same  kind  of  work 
lliat  he  piitposes  to  do  ahroad  ?  We  have 
h)ts  of  room  in  the  home  land  for  jnst 
siicli  work,  and  in  some  resj)eets  jnst  as 
<,M-eat  need,  and  .Mr.  Foster  is  the  man  to 
do  il." 

The  <^rood  doctor,  head  of  tlie  theoh)<ri- 
cal  sch(M)],  said  :  -  Why,  there  is  Wabster- 
ton,  an  important  mannfaetnrin^  town,  a 
little  wa\-  west  of  tlie  city,  where  we 
have  no  denominational  representation, 
and  at  ])resent  there  is  an  openinj;-  there 
for  cvano-elistic  effort.  Why  not  -o  there, 
do  the  work  of  an  evan<;elist,  and  in  time 
organize  a  chnrch  ?  If  yon  ^o  there, 
Mr.  I'oster,  we  will  co-operate  with  yon, 
and  do  onr  nlmost  to  provide  a  fair  and 
reasonable  support." 

Eminent  and  respected  brethren  in 
the  ministry  also  nrq;ed  that  this  step 
nii,o;ht  be  taken.  Mr.  Foster  craved  time 
to  think  it  out  and  to  lay  it  before  Cod  in 
prayer.  .Vftcr  much  thon<,dit  and  praver 
for  counsel  he  decided  to  i^o  to  Wabster- 
ton.  "I  had,"  he  says,  ''never  been 
there,  did  not  know  anxone  in  the  i)lace, 


F()ui;i(;x   MISSIONS  ok   iioMi'. 


^^3 


but  karned  that  iIkmc  wctc  suhk-  hii.ii(ll\- 
spirits,  and  went  out  in  faith  nut  know- 
ing whither  I  went. 

"  Xot  j^oiuL;  to  India  was  a  hit;  disap- 
pointtUL-nt  to  many  of  uiy  friends  and 
wcll-wi^hc-rs,  who  had  watcdu-d  ui\' career 
with  interest,  and  liad  set  their  hearts  on 
ni\-  i;<)int;  to  the  foreij^'u  laid  as  likeK  to 
link  the  vSeottish  churelie->  more  elosel\- 
with  the  missionary  society.  The 
churches  in  the  we^t  would  lia\e  had 
one  of  their  own  men  in  India. 

"One  qood  brother,  now  in  Xorlh 
British  America  and  noted  for  his  ;^reat 
]"»reachinj4  ahilitx'  and  orif^iualitx-,  uicet- 
inj;  me  on  the  ])u1)lic  ihoroui^hfare  one 
day  on  his  wa\-  to  business,  said  :  '  And 
so,  after  all,  Mr.  I'oster,  you  are  not  q;o- 
inj;  to  India.  It  is  really  to«i  bad,  and  I 
am  very  sorry  for  you.  Man,  I  would 
rather  sell  ni\-  shirt  than  see  xcu  stuck 
for  the  lack  of  the  means  to  <4<).'  I  had 
known  this  i^ood  brother,  and  his  father 
also,  from  earliest  childhood,  as  earnest, 
|L;()od  men,  men  of  dod,  able  and  faith- 
ful ministers  of  Je.Mis  Christ.  The  father 
was    a    noted   open-air    ])reaelur    on   the 


I 


i.  ■ 


224    TIIH    o'KRTrRX    ()'    liOTANV    I5AV 

(iivcn,  wlk-re  he  inade  use  of  a  portable 
pulpit.  IK-  was  senior  pastor  of  the 
'  Pe.)ple\s  Church/  a  hi^r,  haiulsome  man, 
larn^e  head,  fine  countenance,  and  had  a 
o:enerons  heart.  He  always  wore  a  hroad- 
brimmed  silk  hat,  and  the  boys  named 
him,  'anld  Broad-brim,  the  preacher.'" 

Karly  in  the  autumn  of  1S65  Mr.  Fos- 
ter beoan  his  mission  work  in  Wabster- 
tou.  He  rented  a  room  in  the  Corn  Ex- 
change, issued  i)osters  announcing-  a  g-os- 
pel  service,  and  at  (mce  commenced 
house-to-house  work  amoui^r  the  poor 
and  non-church-<roin,<,r  classes.  A  eon- 
j;re,L,-ation  soon  !L,^Uhered,  conversions 
took  place,  so  also  baptisms.  A  church 
was  oro;anized  and  Mr.  F(rster  was  pastor- 
elect.      1\\<  rxihiui;-  augured  success. 

This  was  the  aspect  of  thin,L;s  when 
he  was  notifu-d  that  the  committee  of 
the  missionarv  society,  at  the  autumnal 
mectinos  of  the  union  at  Bradford,  had 
decided  to  sustain  him  fuiancially  from 
that  date  forward,  and  that  he  was  to 
take  some  extra  medical  classes  at  t'  e 
university,  with  a  view  to  ^oiu^  to  Dacca, 
in  India,  the  followino;  autumn.     He  had 


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i-()Ri:i(;x    MISSIONS  ou  homi.    225 

not,  nj)  lo  this  datf,  lonclicd  a  j>t.iin\  ot 
the  society's  inont-y  furtlKV  than  his 
t ravel injL^  expenses  to  and  from  Lon'lon, 
yet  he  was  treated  as  one  of  tiie  soeietN  's 
aj^enls. 

He  says:  "I  had  formed  new  connec- 
tions and  tlie  secretary  knew  it.  He 
was  aware  that  a  conn;remati(»n  had  heen 
j^atliered,  a  chnrcli  or^ani/ed,  and  th  '  I 
was  the  pastor-elect,  and  that  friends 
had  pleuj^ed  my  snpport  in  Wahster- 
ton.  The  new  field  was  not  of  m\- 
seekint^,  and  the  financial  sn])port  was 
j^iven  becanse  the  friends  beliewd  that 
I  was  called  of  (iod  to  the  work  in  Wah- 
sterton. 

"  Here  was  a  complication.  I  craved 
time  to  work  my  wa\-  honorably  ont  of 
the  Wabsterton  arranj^ement,  afraid  lest 
a  sudden  ruptnre  of  relations  wonld  dam- 
age the  infant  cause  now  so  full  of  prom- 
ise. I  still  had  a  stron<^  desire  to  il;o  to 
India;  my  heart's  promptinj^s  went  that 
way.  The  secretary  wonld  haw  me  make 
an  absolute  surrender  to  aulhorit\-.  I 
could  not  and  wonld  not  obe\- and  wrouy^ 

my  conscience,  as  I  belie\i<l  I  would  do, 

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if  I  al  llhit  juiicliuv  (Ir.scikil  llic  .sImil;- 
Hii--  link'  C('iiii>an\-  in  Wahstc-rloii, 
whom  I  had  hciii  inslruiuciUal  in  hriiij^- 
iii!^  to*>cthcr.  I  dcviiiccl  that  il  wouhl  he 
most  unfair  lo  them,  and  also  to  the 
hrcthreii  who  had  bound  thrm.seKcs  to 
support  nif  as  a  niissionarx  [)ast(.r.  Thcic 
mailers  stood  IK'  wouhl  not  bud^e  a 
jol.  hut  sought  to  mix  up  another  mai- 
ler in  the  contro\ersy  whieli  I  was  ])re- 
pared  to  leaxe  to  the  j^ood  sense  of  the 
eommitlee. 

"  I  Could  not  be  bribed  or  coaxed  to  do 
violence  to  ni\  conscience.  l'erliai)s  it 
was  then  as  now.  Il  was  said,  '  Pastor 
I'oster  has  ti)o  much  conscience.'  I  could 
not  at  au\-  rate  :L;i\-e  up  m\'  niissionarx 
work  in  m\-  ,kw  fuld  until  (lod  showed 
".e  a  way  out,  neither  could  I  <^i\e  up 
my  determination  to  ,i;()  lo  India." 

There  was  a  somewhat  exlmded  and 
heated  c^oiusiioncknce  between  the  si-c- 
retary  and  Mr.  booster,  and  also  much 
deuominational  discussion  in  the  "  I'ree- 
mau  "  and  the  magazines  with  ri-fLrence 
lo  the  comniillee''s  attitude  and  the  stc- 
retarx 's    action,    and     the    unwisdom    (»f 


I-OklUtiN    MISSIONS   ok    IloMi:      227 

sffkiiii;  l(»  mil  tlu'  mi.s.sioiiaiA  afiairs  on 
comnicrcial  Hiks.  At  tlir  union  intvt- 
inj;s  in  IJradford  llic  tiiliu-  itolic\  of  tin.' 
socicl\'  was  (liscn>S(.'(I,  ami  a  new  rro/iih' 
inan.L;nralc(l  ;  prosperity  ever  since  has 
allciukd  its  operations,  'i'he  fniuls  liavc 
at  least  trtMcd,  tlu-  niissionar\-  staff  has 
hcvn  largely  increased,  tlie  work  has  l)een 
done  as  ne\er  before,  and  (iod  has  ])r()- 
\"ided  th"  means  to  tlo  it. 

"  The  present  secretary  was  then  an 
assistant  in  the  office.  I  had  his  full 
sympathy  as  to  my  missioiiarv  ideas. 
He  has  since  jnoved  himself  the  man 
tor  the  place,  a  man  of  lar^e  ideas  and 
fnll  of  the  missionary  sjiiril,  and,  not  least, 
a  man  of  j^ood  sense." 

During  the  new  r/o/'/z/r  the  mission  in 
India  has  been  enlarged,  China  has  been 
re-entered,  the  Con^o  has  been  taken  np, 
missions  in  I^nrojie  to  Roman  Catholics 
have  been  establislud,  and  the  work 
])ushed  as  never  before.  The  missionarx 
literature  has  been  imjiro\ed  and  is  mo'e 
abundant,  and  the  indixidnal  chnrchrs 
are  more  deeply  inieresled  in  missions. 

It  may  l)e  that  more  was  accom])lished 


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ihroiioli  .Mr.  I'osic-r's  ivniaiiiin«4  at  lioiiK' 
llian  would  liavr  Irlii  if  lie  luul  quiftlv 
snbniittfd  to  the-  course  pioix.secl  and 
jj[OiK'  abroad.  (',(.(1,  at  an\-  ratr,  lias  lion- 
orcd  anew  the  nnicli-Iionoivd  niissionarv 
society  in  a  marvelous  way  during;  the 
last  thirty-five  years. 

Mr.  Foster  says :  "  I'riends  wore  di- 
vided as  to  the  wisdom  of  mv  decision. 
Some  never  L^ot  reconciled  to  it,  as  thev 
saw  in  it  the  forfeiture  of  a  oreat  future 
as  a  man  of  ener^jy  and  resources,  but  the 
die  was  cast,  and  Wabsterton  was  to  be 
the  scene  of  my  labors.  vSince  the  sUess 
of  that  mental  storm  and  heart  a^onv  I 
have  often  been  tempted  to  believe,  'I 
have  surelv  made  a  mistake.'" 


ciiapti:r  x\ii 


SOMK    HI'.MARKAm.l'    COXVHKSIOXS 


In  \\  li.it  u.iy  (ir  liy  wli.it  iiKiiiiicr  nf  woikiiii,' 
0(1(1  ili.mi,'c>  a  Miiil  rnmi  v\\\  to  \:,ihh\.  liou  Ik-  mi- 
|>ic;4ii.ilcs  the  barren  rex  k— tlic  ])ri((.'li'^> -tins  and 
Mold — is  to  tlie  liunian  niiml  an  inipLiu-trable 
mystery,  in  all  cases  alike. 

TOIIX  Fr)STl':R  was  ptTsi.stcnt  in  cf- 
I  fort,  sympatlRlic  and  tender,  and 
won  tlie  hearts  of  many  for  ( iod.  I  le 
^atlit-rcd  around  him  lars^v  nnmhers  of 
peopk",  whole  families  were  converted, 
and  many  of  them  made  a  profession  of 
their  faith  by  baptism. 

Mr.  Foster  was  in  the  habit  of  holding 
what  were  termed  kitclun  or  collai^c 
meetings  whereM-r  enconraoenienl  was 
offered  to  do  .so.  He  was  recpRNled  on 
one  occasion  to  hold  a  .s(.r\ice  in  the 
honse  of  a  James  Nelson.  '"ivorabK  dis- 
posed to  the  p^ospc  1.  lie  lived  some 
miles  from  town  in  a    coal-minim^-  di.s- 

22(1 


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2^n    TllK    U'KKTIRX    o'    lUVlAXV    15AV 

trict.  Previous  to  the  hour  of  service 
it  was  usual  for  Mr.  Foster  to  visit  the 
iieiohhoriii^  families  to  tell  them  of  the 


place  and  hour  of  service,  aud  to  cxteud 
a  cordial  iuvitatiou  to  atteud,  if  possil)lf. 
Amoujr  those  visited  was  Widow  Deuuv, 
a  womau  souiewhat  advauced  iu  years, 
a    lithe,    euergetic,     dark-visaged     little 


S(^Mi;  Ki.MARK  \r.i.i.  ci)N\  i:usi«  »NS   j-;i 

woinan.  wlio  \\;i>  iiji^aKk-d  .is  "a  tiiu; 
I'dsou  and  iL^iidc  hotiMw  ifi." 

"' SIk-  IX  s|)<>ii(K(1  Id  iii\  kiKK-k,"  .sa\> 
Mr.  Im.->ui,  "and  apiKautl  I)uldin<^  tlu- 
dtitii  a  w  ri-  hit  .ijai.  I  >.iitl  to  lu  i.  '  Mi>. 
Denny,  1  haw  lalk-d  in  a  t"rit.ndl\  \\a\  lo 
nolilN'  yon  ot  a  .sci\icr  llii-^  afurnoun  at 
llnvc  o'clink  in  llu-  adj(iinin«^  !:i  mi'^i.-,  that 
ol"  Mr.  XcKiMi,  and  woidd  \k-  pliiM-d  to 
havr  ytinr  i>i\>(.ni-(.',  if  at  all  i-onwnit  nt." 

'"Ml"    it    !)(.■    a    fail'  (|n(.->li«»n,   wlia'   an- 


\  on 


i ' 


"  '  I  am  a  niini-ti-r  ot"  tlu  i^ospi-l.  an-'  I 
haw  hcLii  in\itcd  to  hold  a  >(.r\ii't-  in  tlu- 
honsc  ot'   Ml.  Xilson.' 

"'  \\\-cl,  wcc'l,'  said  slu-,  '  I'll  L^ant^  tar 
nac-  DipixTs"  nicvlin^  ;  not  a  fnl  will  1 
]>nl  i'  til'.'  place-.  I  am  an  (  )iiminal  SriT- 
(K-v  (secession  chinch  i,  and  m\  mitlu-r 
at'oic  nie,  and  I  am  no  o'  tlu-  kiiu-  tac 
join  the  I)i])j)crs.  W-  can  '^an<^  \(>ni 
\\a\  and  hand  Nonr  nu-ctin^  at  W-ison's, 
but  ril  no  he  there  at  on\-  rate.  Til  no 
l)c  oot  at  Ncnr  scrxicc' 

"  '  I>iu,  Mrs.  I)cnn\,'  said  I,  '  we  do  not 
ask  yon  to  nnitc  with  tlu-  Dippers;  it  is 
to  attend  a   <4()s])il  ser\  ici-.      Dii)i>in^    is 


i..i..- 


2}2    Tin-;    o'KRTlkN    <)'    HOTAW    HAV 


"r 


;!     ! 


V        :t! 


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not  iIk-  all-important   matter.     The  all- 
important  matter  is  to  tnrn  to  ( ;()cl,  lobe 
made    a    new   creatnre    in    Christ  Jesns. 
Unt,  Mrs.  Dinny,  \(.n  should  not  "  craw 
.sae  crou.se";   it  is  your  kind  which  makes 
the  best  Dippers,  as  you  call  them.      Voii 
area  woman  with  a  mind  of  vor      ;wn. 
Von  have  an  opinion  and  Ik. Id  |,v  it,  and 
if    the    Holy   Spirit    through    the    word 
.showed    yon    that    the    Dipper   folk    are 
rioht,    and     you    wror.o,    yon    certainl\ 
would  he  a  Dipper.' 

Xa,  na.  my  man,  xouMl  never  ^»-ct 
me  under  the  water,  even  should  I  leeve 
tae  be  as  auld  as  Metlm.selah,  and  I 
reckon  he  lived  tae  be  a  j^rude  aj^-e,  at 
least  the  book  sa\s  so.' 

Mrs.  Denny,  I  trust  no  harm  is  done. 
I  thono^ht  it  was  courteous  to  extend  to 
von  an  invitation  as  a  near  neij^rhho,-. 
( iood-afternoon.'  When  the  fire  had  burnt 
itself  out  Mrs.  Denny  was  at  the  meet- 
ino;  and  an  appreciative  listener." 

(iod  was  pleased  to  use  the  ministry  of 
Mr.  Poster  in  leadin-  Mrs.  Stalker  and 
her  dan.q^hter  IJ/zie  to  a  savino-  trust  in 
Christ.      Before  they  made  an  unreserved 


'^'?m:'f^-ww^^^m^ 


^ffli^^.l^irf^Qi^^yAiiiaiSilS't  iii^M-  ^^  ■^M.ska^ 


S(»MH   KKMARKAHI.I-;  CoNVHRSK  )NS 


1  1  •> 


siitit'ii(Ur  of  ihc'insclvvs  to  liiiii,  lluy 
both  liad  a  dcc-j)  stjiisc  of  sin,  and  a  ilark, 
unliapi>\-  siasoii.  Mr.  ImoIct  had  I»<.cn 
l)icachiii|n  upon  tlii-  nature'  and  mcissitv 
of  rciK'iitancf,  and  tlu-  spirit  of  (lod  um(1 
the  sermon  to  their  awakenin;^  and  con- 
version. Their  decision  to  he  Christians 
divided  the  family.  The  hnsband  ami 
father  was  ])itterly  opposed  to  salvation 
by  free  <;race  alone.  In  his  opinion  such 
reli<;iou  was  a  mockery,  a  delusion,  and 
a  snare  of  the  devil. 

"  Xae  mortal  man,"  said  he,  "can  tell 
this  .side  o'  the  day  o'  jid'^nient,  whether 
his  .sins  are  a'  forj^iven,  or  his  inifpiitv 
covered,  or  that  he  is  in  possession  o' 
eternal  life.  I'll  hae  nane  o'  it.  It  is 
simply  blasphemy,  presumjition  and  un- 
blushinu^  blasphemy,  and  dn/  naethiu<^ 
but  mak'  hypocrites  o'  the  warst  kine." 

Mother  and  danohter  prayed  eariiesth- 
for  his  conversion,  and  so  also  did  the 
pa.stor.  They  had  ne^reed  in  Jesus'  name 
to  request  of  (lod  this  favor. 

James  was  a  man  well  u]>  in  years,  a 
carpet-weaver  by  trade,  but  in  his  younjjjer 
years  a  baker.      In  everythint;  but  spirit- 


Ml 


tti! 


tflj 


2M    Till';    o'liKTl  k.\    ,)•    lioTAW    cav 

"•''    iHi.i;i..n    Ik-   i.n.vt.l   liimsdl  a  man 
IKIia.I.suisc,  uasnu.ial.and  !,a.|  a  clcai. 
'^•^•<"-l.     (;..,!  lua„I,.,a>criM  Lis  h.half 
"  I  ^^'"^  I-l,"  said   1,.,  .-  ,ac   s...  nivscP 
•1  loM  an'  mikLmk- .sinner   jiM  ,,ii  tlu-  \cr\ 
'""•1<  "'  iKnliii,,,!,  an.!  I  wu/  i„  sair  <lis- 
ircss  nu-Iil  an.I   ,lav.      I,,    tiic-    facturv    I 
wonM.s.l.an.las  I  lliivu  the- shnilK  an.I 
^vorkcd   th.  t.va.IKs   I    j,,si  on.a,uW   ui' 
'"^^^''■•'    P-'i"-      'i'lu-     cV    uou'I    nil    ,vi' 
U-arsand  tlu-  i.ais  rin  <l,).„i  iiiv  lace-    uid 
fa' on  the  ucl.,  and  I  had  a  sluiTv,  di.,k- 
"i.Lr  sensation  in  niv  ilin.ai.      And    Kst   I 
•-Ix'nI.I    i,c-    n..ticxd    l.v    n.v  slu.pn.aUs   I 
^v<»nldoa„lTnIvl..,)n.  scat  and  -onndcr 
ll>^  wcl,,  asif  t,,  examine  S(.nici!iin<.    in 
connection  with  the   loom.      I  .lidnalikc 
tac  I.C  chaffed  al.oot  n.v  weakness  or  tac 
I>c  rin  upon  aI)o.,t  niv  religion.      I  wnx   ,' 
l'"t  i>csi<lcmxsel\a.,d  for  a  wee  while 'l 
wu/na  jrsi   rieht ;    niv  sins  .hovc   me  t„ 
despair." 

''On  a  'J'liesdav  evcnin-  jnst  after 
Ua/'savs  Mr.  Foster,  M  was  sitting  in 
"'V  study,  when  James,  his  wife,  and 
'lan-hter,  were  sh.nvn  in.  He  had  the 
'""l^oi"  a  man  in  deep  tn.nl.le,  and   had 


SOMI'.   KIM  AUK  M'.l.l     C<  >N  V  I  ,kSli  ».\>>    JjS 


hi-tu  hrotit^hl  to  UK-  tliat  I  iiiij^lil  aid  liiui. 
He  said  : 

"'Mr.  iMislt-r,  I  wii/  in  a  stall-  «>'  di. - 
trartioti,  and  \vitlu)ul  >a\iiij4  a  wotd  tat- 
ain  <>'  tiic  laiiiily,  I  slii)i><.(!  aw  a'  irac 
thciii  and  Wiiit  (loon  1)\'  llic  water's  sidi-. 
I  \vu/.  sac  dark  in  my  mind  and  unhappy 
thai  I  saw  nac'thiii^  t"oi  it  hnt  In-  pnt  an 
t-nd  tac  m\  lift-.  I  \\n/.  jisi  i'  the  act 
()'  hmpin'  intac-  the  riwr  wIkii  I  u  n/ 
j^rij^pfd  1)\  m\  w  itV  and  Li/./ir.  ami  ht.  hi 
as  in  a  \irc,  and  I  luaid  tin.  '^\u\v  wifi- 
sahbin^  and  saying  :  "( )h,  ji-cnus  Slalkc  r, 
dinna  dae  sic  a  thini;  as  (Ki'  1)\  nouv 
hann,"  and  ihcy  took  nie  and  led  mc  awa' 
frac  the  i)laci',  and  here  I  am  cia\in<^ 
yonr  ad\icc.  Thev' can  nooicll  \on  their 
side  of  the  slor\-,  syne  \<in  i^ot  mim.' " 

He  af'erward  said  :  "  Mr.  I-'onUt  diihia 
nphraid  me  \vi'  my  rash  iuWv  ;  he  kent 
the  natnrc  o'  mv  disea-^e,  and  talked 
tae  me  aboot  Jesns,  the  simiers  friend 
and  vSa\ionr.  He  told  me  o' the  h'\  e  and 
power  o'  Jesus,  and  frac  ihe  Sciiptnus 
showed  nic  (iod's  way  o'  jieace,  ]>ardon, 
and  holiness,  and  then  we  kn'>  i  led  doon 
together,    and    he    pra\ed    eaiiiesll\    tae 


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236   TJIK    o'KkTlKX    ()'    HOTAW    UAV 

(iod   for   nie   that    I    miclit  be  saviiioly 
onlichtcncd,  and    made   a    n.w  man  "in 
Christ.     The  prayer  of  my  wife  and  Ij'z- 
>^ic  was  jist  sabs    and    tears.     Naethin<,r 
wonld  satisfy  Mr.  lH)ster  bnt  I  n:nst  pray 
in  my  ain  behalf  to  (;od  himsel',  and  jist 
tell    him    what    I    thocht  o'  mvsel\  and 
what   I   desired   him    tae   dae  for  me  in 
Jesns'  name.     Man,  I  had  a  battle,  bnt  it 
was  short  and  deceesixe.      I   jist  prayed  : 
'O  Lord  (lod,  yon  hae  been  t^mh  tae  nie, 
and  I  am   here  and  no  in  hell,  where   I 
deserve  tae  be.      I  micht  hae  been  there 
ere  noo,  and  by  my  ain  aet,  bnt  I  am  in 
the  land  ..'  the  livin-      Xoo,  Lord,  von 
ken  a'  aboot  me,  a  pnir,  stippit  anld  sin- 
ner.     I    canna    dae   onythincr    tae    save 
niysel';  thy  o;race  mnst  dae  it  a'.     And, 
<'>  Lord,  I  am  willin-  that  it  shonld  daJ 
It.      I   throw   mysel'   on  Christ   and    his 
feenished    wark,    noo    and     forever.      O 
Lord,    save    Jeemes    Stalker,    in     Jesns' 
name,   and    j-loHfy    thyself.     Ameii.'     I 
i-ose    frae    my    knees;    my   steeked    e'en 
were   opened  ;   my   mind   wnz    peacefn', 
mid  my  heart  .crJed  and  checrfn'.     I  was 
satisfeed  to  be  saved  on  Clod's  own  terms 


vSoMK  ki:M.\KK.\i!i,i:  C()NVi:ksh>ns  237 

and  in  God's  ain  way,  and  tac  1)c  anian;^ 
(lod's  prol'cssino-  people.  I  am  a  niirark- 
()'  ^racc." 

There  was  ,i>reat  joy  thai  nij^dit  in  tiu' 
home  of  James  Stalker,  and  before  re- 
tirinsf  f«>i'  the  ni'>:ht  he  did  what  he  never 
had  before,  he  a>ked  for  the  Bible,  read  a 
l)it  of  Scripture,  and  then  re(inested  all 
to  kneel  with  him  in  prayer.  James 
vStalkerand  several  others  were  received 
into  the  chnrch  by  a  profession  of  faith 
l)y  baptism.  lie  lived  a  life  that  adorned 
his  profession,  and  when  it  came  to  the 
lime  when  he  had  to  say  <^ood-bye  to  all 
earth,  and  all  that  is  earthly,  he  (piietly 
closed  his  eyes  in  di-ath,  sweetly  restin*; 
in  Jcsns  by  simple  faith. 

On  the  Lonl's  Day  afternoon,  Pastor 
Foster  was  wont  to  condnct  an  open-air 
service  at  the  Town  Cross,  takino-  bis 
stand  at  the  fool  of  a  statne  erected  in 
honor  of  a  poor  boy  who  afterward  be- 
came T/)rd  Mayor  of  London.  Around 
this  statne  Mr.  lM)ster  gathered  a  <^a)odly 
company  of    hearers.     On  one   occasion 

he  had  in  the  crowd  a   Diek  \V .  a 

brioht,  active,  inlelli.i;ent  Roman   Calho- 


WF^ 


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■     !. 


2SH   rilK    O'KRTrKX    O'    IJOTANV    HAV 

lie.  He  heard  tlie  -ospel,  llic  Hc.lv 
Spirit  dealt  with  him,  and  uliat  he  heard 
was  unto  salvation.     Air.   Foster  at  the 


time  knew  nothin-  of  it.  ( ),n..  Sunday 
moriiiiior  he  noticed  a  stran<;er  who 
showed  more  than  usual  interest  in  the 
service.  Ilis  face  was  radiant,  and  he 
seemed  pleased  ;.nd  haj^py.     It  was  then 


l*--^   -ac—'- 


SOMI',   Rl.MAKKAl'.I.l';  C<  »N  \  l.kSU  )NS 


39 


the  cu^l()m  to  liaw  llic  l.oid's  Suppi'  at 
the  close  of  the  service,  and  the  stranger 
rcinaiiK'd  and  took  his  place  aiiioii<^  the 
coniinunicaiits.  Mi.  I'oster  felt  con- 
strained to  <;<>  and  speak  to  him.  lie 
incjuired  his  name,  his  address,  and  his 
chnrch  connection.      In  re])ly  he  said  : 

"My  name  is  Richard  \V .      I  li\e 

at  the  Townhead.  I  was  an  Irish  Roman 
Catholic,  hnt  I  am  a  Rtmian  Catholic  no 
lon,i;er.  I  liave  hiard  \<>n  preach  at  the 
Town  Cross  several  times,  and  I  ha\e 
heen  readin<;  tlie  IJible,  and,  l)le>s  (lod, 
I  have  sicn  myself  to  be  a  ,L;ieat  sinner 
and  Chri>t  to  be  a  <;reat  Sa\ionr,  and  as 
\()n  ha\e  tani^ht  me,  I  haw  jjlaced  my 
whole  heart's  trn>t  in  1p^  as  my  Sa\  ionr. 
M\-  sins  are  pardonec  '  ■  ..^h  his  blood. 
I  am  wa>hed  in  the  I  of  the   Land). 

I  am  a  new  man,  and  1  thought  I  would 
show  it  and  that  I  am  a  Protestant  by 
sittinjj^  down  at  the  Lord's  table.  I  am 
done  with  Rome  and  willini.;  to  ]k-  saved 
in  the  P.ible  way." 

He  was  recniested  to  remain  at  the  close 
of  the  Service  for  conversation  atid  prayir, 
and  to  lia\e  all   explained  to  him   from 


-JJ,J-l  ILJ 


^-CTfff" 


240    TIIK    O'KRTrRX    O'    IK/rANV    BAY 


It 


!    il 

;  i! 


i 


1?! 


the  Holy  Scriptures  as  to  how  he  should 
profess  his  faith  in  Christ.  He  reiiiaincd, 
and  it  was  shown  that  (lod  demanded  re- 
pentance and  faith,  that  both  were  pro- 
fessed by  baptism  as  tanj2:ht  in  Romans 
6:4:  "  Therefore  we  are  buried  with 
him  by  baptism  into  death  :  that  like  as 
Christ  was  raised  up  from  the  dead  by 
the  olory  of  the  Father  even  so  we  also 
should  walk  in  newness  of  life."  He 
was  willin<r  to  put  on  Christ  thus  pub- 
licly by  baptism. 

He  was  examined  by  the  deacons  after- 
ward, accepted  for  membership,  and  pub- 
licly baptized.  His  conversion  and  pros- 
pective baptism  o^ot  noised  abroad  amon^ 
his  Roman  Catholic  relatives  and  friends. 
His  poor  old  mother  was  almost  dis- 
tracted and  dead  with  ^rief,  and  said  : 
"  I  would  rather  have  laid  him  in  his 
.i,n-ave  than  have  him  turn  his  back  upon 
his  church."  His  wife  Marcrery  wasto  him 
vine.i^ar  and  o-al],  his  brother  and  brother- 
in-law  tormented  his  life,  and  Father  :\Ic- 
Dade  excommunicated  him  with,  "bell, 
book,  and  candle."  Poor  Richard  needed 
courajre  in  that  terrible  hour. 


SO-MK  RKMAKKAIU.l-:  C«  >NVHkSI()NS    24  I 

On  the  cvcniii}^  of  his  haplisiii  llio 
Crown  Inn  Hall  ^vas  ciowtkd  t<>  Iht- 
doors  and  scats  were  at  preniinni.  Ro- 
man Catholics  \vcre  pnsent  in  laroc 
nnnil)crs,  and  had  possessit)n  of  the  an<li- 
ence  room  at  an  earh'  honr.  li  was  evi- 
dent there  was  to  l)c  concerted  action  to 
l)revent  Richard's  baptism.  The  pastor 
took  in  the  situation  at  a  <;lance,  and  to 
be  forewarned  is  to  be  forearmed,  so  be- 
fore oivino;  out  the  first  h\nin  he  said  in 
a  quiet,  oood-naturcd  way  : 

''  Beloved,  it  is  quite  evident  that  this 
is  a  mixed  company  ;  we  are  not  all  of 
one  mind  as  to  Christian  doctrine,  or  as 
to  clnirch  order,  but  yet  we  all  profess  to 
be  Christians.  I  would  impress  upon  nou 
all  that  this  is  a  house  of  prayer,  and 
that  we  have  in  entering  this  place  met 
in  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  to 
worship  (iod  witli  reverence  and  t^^odlv 
fear,  or  in  holiness.  To  you  who  arc 
stran<>;ers  to  us,  our  manner  of  so  doiiii; 
may  not  accord  with  your  ideas,  tastes, 
and  np-biin<>;ino^,  but  we,  if  mistaken, 
are  at  any  rate  sincere,  and  up  to  the 
measure  of   our  liuht   woidd   honor  and 


■  ■ 


242    THK    o'HRTrkX    o'    IJOTAW    HAV 


■^1 


m 


It  ii 

Ifii  Ii 


1 1 


's  ii 


serve  Cod.  We  arc  most  anxious  to  be 
ri.i;lit  in  this  matter,  and  to  do  what  is 
ri«,dit,  and  if  we  are  astray  in  faith  or 
l)ractice,  we  are,  I  trnst,  ()])en  to  con\  ie- 
tion  and  ready  to  follow  Christ  and  the 
vScrij)tnres. 

"  Keniend)er,  we  are  men  like  Your- 
selves, and  would  have  our  feelin.t^s  re- 
s])ecte(!  by  you.  liehave  here  as  you 
would  have  us  behave  if  we  turned  a 
little  while  to  your  place  of  worship. 
We  rej^ard  bajitism  upon  a  profession  of 
faith  as  the  highest  act  of  Christian 
homage  that  man  can  render  to  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ.  I  know  yon  will  act  the 
part  of  oentlenien  and  observe  the 
'( ".olden  Rule.'  We  shall  now  proceed 
with  the  service." 

Tliere  was  on  the  part  of  the  pas- 
tor an  absolute  self-abandonment  to 
Almi.!;dity  C.od,  that  he  mioht  be  i)er- 
niitted  to  j^o  through  the  service  of  the 
hour.  He  was  prepared  for  the  worst  that 
man  could  do,  but  he  had  faith  in  (kxl. 
This  self-abandon  oave  him  the  victorv, 
for  throuohout  the  service  there  was  re- 
spect, reverence,  and  inidivided  attention. 


^A-'-  =5i' 


SOMK  kliMAkKAlU.K  CoNVHKSIONS    243 

The  scniKMi  was  scriptural  ami  scarchiiij;^, 
on,  "With  the  heart  man  belicveth  unto 
righteousness;  and  with  the  mouth  con- 
fession is  made  unto  salvation." 

At  the  close  Richard,  with  several 
others,  were  baptized  into  the  likeness  of 
our  Lord's  death.  Roman  Catholics  all 
over  the  room  could  be  heard  sayinj^^ : 
"It  is  a  solenm  and  beautiful  service, 
and  Dick  looked  angelic  as  he  went  down 
into  the  water,  and  if  he  is  all  that  the 
preacher  said  a  man  ouj^ht  to  be,  Dick, 
the  tnrn-coat,  cannot  be  a  worse  ni  ui. 
Father  McDade  mav  thunder  awav  and 
blow  out  the  candle  as  nnich  as  he 
pleases;  Dick,  all  the  same,  is  a  re<,nilar 
brick."  A  1m  ief  prayer  nieetiuj;^  was  held 
after  the  baptism  to  commend  the  newlv 
baptized  ones  to  (iod  and  to  the  Word  of 
his  <;race.  The  service  was  a  tender  and 
joyoirs  one.  The  tenderness  was  sj)ecial 
in    view   of  the  trials  to    befall   Richard 

W as  a  convert  from   Romanism  to 

Christ.  He  was  specially  remend)ered 
in  the  prayers.  The  ])astor,  at  the  close, 
said  to  Richard,  "You  are  not  thinkinj^ 
of  j^oin^  home  alone  to-nij^ht  ?     I  shall 


:m 


Ilfl- 


f 


i  I  I 


;'N 


244   TlIK   o'KKTlkX    ()'    HOTAXV    HAY 

sec  yon  lionic.      I  liavo  a    prcsentiniciit 
that  all  is  not  just  rioht," 

"Oh,  I  am  not  a  hit  afraid  of  them. 
No  one  will  harm  me.  I  have  not 
\vronoc(l  any." 

Mr.   Fostir  persisttd  in  ofTerin.!,^   him 
his  company,   and    so    Richard   \vas   es- 
corted to  his  home  by  the  pastor.     Rich- 
ard had  to  meet   his  wife,  a  powerfully 
built    woman,    a    most    biootc-d    Roman 
Catholic,  and  a  woman    with  a  tongue. 
On  the  way  up  the  narrow  street  leadin<r 
to  the  Townhead,  the  i)ast<)r  noticed  two 
men  skulkinjr  away  and  sheltering-  in  an 
in-shot  or  recess.   I  le  instinctively  stepped 
in  front  of  Richard,  and  up  to  the  two 
half-hidden  men,  who  turned  out  to  be 
Richard's    brother    and     brother-in-law. 
The  latter  was  armed  with  a  o-mi. 

"With  a  heart  beatin.i,^  wildly,"  says 
Mr.  Foster,  "yet  in  a  cheery,  jL^rood-na- 
tured  tone,  I  said,  'Cood  evenin<,^  boys,' 
and  inquired,  '  Why  are  you  in  hidino, 
and  armed  with  a  o;ini  on  the  Lord's 
Day?'  'We  are  waitint^  for  Dick,  the 
turn-coat,  and  we  mayne  to  shoot  him, 
shure,  for  s:ivin,o-  up  his  relavjon.' 


SO.Ml'.   KI'MARKAHI.I-;  C(  )N\i:RSI(^\S    24S 

"M)li,\sai(l  I,  'is  that  it?  Ik-  lias  not 
•^ivcii  up  his  R-lij^rj,,,!,  if  In-  tvtr  had  any. 
He  lias  now  ^(A  a  littk-  nioiv,  which  may 
add  jrrcatly  tt)  the  value  of  what  1r-  had. 
Now,  hoys,  why  should  you  do  such  a  vcrv 
wicked  thiu}^^  as  shoot  your  own  hrothei  ? 
He  has  done  you  110  wrou^  and  lows  you 
more  than  ever,  and  is  likely  to  seek  only 
your  oood.  Do  yon  really  helieve  it 
would  be  a  Christian  act  to  shoot  him? 
He  is  your  own  brother.  Do  you  believe 
our  Lord  and  vSaviour  tauj^ht  men  to  act 
as  you  now  jMopose  to  do?' 

"To  this  Richanrs  brother  replied: 
'  But,  your  riverence,  he  is  a  pervert. 
He  is  not  fit  to  live;  he  has  (knied  the 
faith  and  left  the  tlirue  church  and  dis- 
<::raced  all  of  us,  and  made  our  own  salva- 
tion a  very  (Hf?icnlt  matter  now.  Father 
^k^Dade  towld  us  the  maruin^  of  his  ex- 
communication, that  if  we  ever  met  him 
in  the  roadwa\-  we  were  to  lake  the  other 
side  of  it;  that  we  were  not  to  look  at 
him,  but  turn  the  head  the  other  wav. 
We  were  not  to  be  on  spakinjr  terms  wid 
him  whatever.  If  he  cook  sick,  as  he 
.shurely  would,  we  were  iiol  to  visit  him 


m 


m 


' 


I  ■ 


246   THK   O'KKTIRX    o'    KOTANV    HAY 

or  befriend  him  in  any  way.  If  in  need 
we  were  not  to  aid  him,  bnt  allow  him 
to  starve  and  die  like  a  do^s  as  he  surely 
would,  abandoned  of  (Jod  and  his  holy 
church.' 

'' '  Now,  boys,  look  here,'  said  J,  '  we 
must  fTQt  to  understand  each  other.     If 
you  are  really  goino-  to  shoot  Richard  for 
obeying  the  voice  of  an  enlightened  con- 
science and  what  he  believes  to  be  the 
teachings  of    the   Holy   vScriptures,   you 
will  first  have  to  shoot  me,  as  living,  I 
shall  have  to  witness  against  you  both, 
and  my  testimony  will  bring  you  to  the 
gibbet.     The    murder   of    your    brother 
Richard    will    do  more    to    injure   Holy 
-Mother  Church  than  aid   her.     Boys,  if 
you  dare,  shoot  me.    Von  will  ha\e  to  do 
it  to  destroy  the  evidence  of  your  guilt. 
Vou  are,  as  it  is,  open  to  legal  proceed- 
ings for  carrying  arms  illegally,  and  also 
for  conspiracy  to  murder.     Richard  and 
myself  are  witnesses.     You  are  in  a  bad 
fix,  boys,  by  this  night's  doings,  and  it 
may  scud  you  across  the  seas.   Vou  know 
your  own  conscience  is  against  vou  and 
in  favor  of  Richard.     For  your  own  sake 


soMi-;  RKMAKKAi'.ij-:  C( )\vi;ksi()\s  247 

and  liisj^o  lioinc  pcaccabK  and  live  li>  he 
friciuls,' 

"  '  Slmiv,  your  rivcrcncv,  I'allur  Mc- 
Dadc  towld  us  1r-  was  Ixnijiiht  wid  I'lut- 
cstaiit  inoiicN',  and  that  he  had  sowld 
himself  to  the  devil  to  work  the  niiii  of 
the  Holy  Roinaii  Catholie  Apostolie 
Church,  and  if  that  is  so,  he  is  not  fit 
to  live.' 

"I  replied:  'If  Richard  has  wronged 
(iod  and  his  church,  (lod  will  deal  with 
him  in  his  own  time  and  wa\ .  It  is  not 
yoms  to  usurp  the  place  of  (lotl  Almi};hty 
to  execute  vengeance.  If  \ou  mean  to 
ri»;hl  at  all  let  it  be  to  Hi^ht  the  battle 
of  truth,  and  do  so  in  the  spirit  of  the 
threat  Teacher,  Jesus,  cha>teued  l)\  mnch 
prayer.'" 

He  talked  them  out  of  their  wicked 
design  of  shootiu'-  Richard.  Thorouiihl/ 
cowed,  the  ehari;es  were  withdrawn  from 
the  s^tni,  and  both  went  away  home  like 
men  who  had  awakened  otU  of  a  dnam. 
Im'oui  that  day  ihe\  ceased  to  molest  Rich- 
ard. He  ])roved  himself  an  earnest,  (U- 
voted,  jj^rowiniL^  Christian,  fdliniL,'  a  nsrful 
place  in   the  Sunday-school  and  also  in 


Iff 


.  i; 


24S   THK   O'l-RTIKX    ()'    H(yr.\NV    H.W 

the  prayer  iikrtin-s.     (hxI  o.,vc  l,i,„  ]„. 

'aiMilv  f..r  Christ,  for  fn.in  his  cMMi version 
Ik-  souj-lu  to  l.rin^r  then  nj,  in  the-  nin-- 
turc  of  \hr  L,,r.l.  When  his  relative, 
•saw  his  Letter  life.  Urn  hecanie  reeon- 
^Mled  to  him  and  freely  aeknowled-ed 
that  the  j.<.s])cl  had  made  him  a  het'ter 
man. 

-Mr.  Foster  said  afterward:  "I  shall 
never  for-et  that  aufnl  ni-ht  in  that 
narrow,  dark,  .jniet  stre(  t,  with  the  two 
l>i«'lliers  hent  npon  the  mnrder  of  Rich- 
ard \V .     How    1  Went   '.me    nerv- 

ously  exhansted,  not  t..  sleep,  hnt  to  tos.s 
111  bed.  oivino  olory  to  Cod  f,,,-  his  mer- 
ciful intervention.  I  was  readv  at  the 
"UMnenl  to  die,  if  need  he,  in  the  inter- 
ests of  sonl-liberty  and  freedom  of  wor- 
ship." 

'  li>  not  for  m.ui  I,,  tritlf.      I.,fe  i^  |,nef 

Ami  ;,iii  is  here. 
An  iv^e  is  but  tlie  falliiij,'  ,,f  a  leaf— 

A  tlroppins^r  ti.,,^ 
Wc  liavo  nc  time  to  sport  avsay  the  hours  ; 
All  must  ho  earnest  in  a  world  like  ours. 


It' 


111  Wabsterton,  as  in  Botaiiv  Bav  and 


SOMI,    Ki.MARKAUI.i:  C   WKK    U)N^    ^^y 

Hitiiiit'  .111(1  !  ir'  )ii  Ci»iii'>^.  tliiic  irc 
many  ^trikiii'^  conversions  and  j  n-.  tiil 
work  tU»ni'. 


S 


III 


CHAPTER    XVIII 


sKTTi.ixo  AT  \vahsti;rton 


n. 


m 

i'.. 


Awful  liiMvcn  I 
(ireat  Kulcr  of  the  various  hearts  of  men  ; 
Since  thou  liast  r.iiscd  me  lo  i  onihu  t  thy  church 
Without  the  base  cabal  too  often  practised, 
Beyond  my  wish,  my  thought,  <;ive  me  the  li^bts, 
The  virtues,  which  that  sai  red  trust  recjuires  : 
A  loving,  loved,  unterrifyinj;  power. 
Such  as  becomes  a  father  ;  humble  wisdom  : 
I'lain,  i)rimitive  sincerity  ;  kind  zeal 
For  truth  and  \  irtue,  r.ither  than  opinions  ; 
And,  above  all,  the  charitable  soul 
Of  healing  peace  and  Christian  moderation. 

OX  the  ciohkciitli  of  Jaiinary,  1866, 
an  ordaiiiiiio  council  met  in  the 
Crown  Inn  Hall  to  consider  the  advis- 
abilit\'  ()f  scttint;  apart  ]\Ir.  John  Foster 
to  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry,  and 
to  the  jiastorate  of  the  Wahstcrton 
Chnrch.  Tin-  council  was  a  \erv  rcp- 
rescntatiw  one,  consistino  oi  ])astors, 
deacons,  and  others.  It  was  not  the 
usual  course,  hut  was  followed  at  the  rc- 


si:ttmnc.  at  wahstiirton 


^51 


(juest  of  llic  pastov-elcct.  Tin-  i)iiiKii)al 
of  the  tlicoloj^ical  school  was  chosen 
moderator,  ami  conducted  the  i)usiness 
with  diuiiilv  and  abiiilx'.  Mr,  luistcr 
read  a  statement  j;ivin)>  an  account  of 
his  conversion,  his  personal  history  as  a 
Christian,  his  views  of  Christian  doc- 
trine and  church  order,  and  his  nu)ti\e 
for  beini;  set  apait  to  the  work  of  the 
ministry  and  the  pastorate  of  the  chur>.i'. 
Several  (piestions  were  put  to  the  candi- 
date and  satisfactorily  answered.  When 
the  examination  was  com|)leted,  the 
church  was  asked  to  state  wh.ether  they 
would  sustain  the  call  extended  to  the 
pastorate.  Two  of  the  deacons  answered 
in  the  afhrmative  for  the  church,  and 
Jt)lin  l-\)stcr  was  set  apart  to  the  jxistor- 
atc  by  ])rayer  and  the  laying;  on  of  hands. 

The  Lord's  Sui>per  was  then  observed 
by  the  church,  council,  and  visitiu<j[ 
brethren,  and  it  proved  a  hallowed  and 
refreshiu};  season. 

Later  on  in  the  exeuiui;  there  was 
a  tca-meetin<j^,  or  what  is  termed  a 
so/irr.  After  the  refreshuients  came  the 
addresses  to  pastor  and   people,  delivered 


252    TlIK    o'KRTURN    O'    HOTANY   «AV 


lll'l' 


!tl 


!  I 


by  able  men.  Then  followed  a  state- 
ment of  denominational  prineiples,  that 
the  newly  recognized  body  mi<;ht  stand 
sqnarely  with  the  public,  and  so  in  the 
name  of  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Spirit, 
the  church  in  Wabstcrton  was  launched 
as  a  missionary  orj^nmi/.ation  in  a  needy 
district.  Since  then  it  has  weathered 
many  a  storm  and  its  lioht  still  shines. 

Wedded  life  is  founded  on  esteem, 
Whicli  the  fair  merits  of  the  mind  en-,M},'e  ; 
For  tliose  are  cli.irins  that  never  cm  decay  ; 
Hut  time,  that  ^Mves  new  wiiiteness  to  the  swan, 
Improves  their  lustre. 

John  Foster  for  seven  lono  years  was 
enf,ni<,red  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Stuart,  i.  tall, 
slender,  j^^ood-lookincr  brunette,  and,  like 
himself,  an  orphan.  She  had  a  j^ood 
head,  bio^  heart,  clever  hands,  much  «rood 
sense,  and  was  a  person  of  thrift.  She 
was  also  a  student,  and  <;rew  with  his 
growth  in  all  that  interested  him.  They 
had  been  mend)ers  of  the  .same  con<^re- 
gation,  converted  under  the  same  minis- 
try, and  received  into  the  same  church 
by  baptism. 


254   'I'"H   o'KKTrkX    ()'    HOTAXV    IJAV 


iU  'K 


K^   ^^ 


Tliey  never  liad  a  quarrel   in  all  the 
seven  years,  and  their  kne-inakinj^r  xyas 
attended  with  very  little  of  the  romantic 
nonsense  that  isjrenerally  credited  to  trne 
love,    which    is  snpposed    never    to    rnn 
smooth.      They    had    "taken    to"    each 
other,  they  scarcely  knew  how,  and  had 
heen  ever  true.    They  a.jrreed  to  be  yoke- 
fellows for  life  and  in  Christian  service. 
It  was  to  them  no  liirht  afTair  hut  a  most 
serious    decision     and    demanded    much 
self-denial.     John   r\»ster  desired  a  wife 
and  not  a  lady,  and  he  <,^ot  her  and  was 
thankful. 

vSeotchmen,  as  a  rule,  are  not  very 
demonstrative  in  their  love  affairs.  Their 
words  are  few  and  well  chosen,  but  their 
actions  voice  the  lanouaj^^e  of  the  soul. 
The  Scot  is  to  a  deforce  matter-of-fact,  yet 
he  loves  none  the  less.  The  outer  is  a 
stern  reserve,  the  inner  a  warm,  <j^enerous 
heart. 

John  Foster  was  married  to  Klizabeth 
vStuart  in  the  church  edifice  on  the 
twenty-fifth  of  January,  i,S66,  at  half- 
past  four.  It  had  been  their  house  of 
worship  for  \ears,  also  the  scene  of  Pas- 


si:TrMx<i  AT  \vabsti:rt()n     -'55 

tor  Kosttr's  labors  as  a  youth  in  the 
Sunday-school,  the  praxcr-nKvlin^,  and 
in  behalf  of  the  Hotany  Uay  folk. 

There  was  a  lari;e  assembly  of  ol<l 
friends  and  well-wishers.  It  was  a  j^ala 
(lav  in  Hotanv  Hay  in  honor  of  their  old 
friend,  tried  and  true.  A  number  of  his 
fellow-students  and  their  lady  friends  were 
present,  as  also  the  i)astor,  deacons  and 
their  wives,  and  a  few  relatives.  Hi> 
theoloj^ical  tutor,  his  pastor,  and  an  old 
brother  minister  took  jnirt  ii'.  the  cere- 
mony, and  the  latter  .^ave  away  the  bride. 
It  passed  off  to  the  satisfaction  of  all. 

The  bride  and  bridesmaids  were  appro- 
priately attired  in  white,  without  any  at- 
tempt at  displa\,  and  it  was  remarked  l)\ 
tiiose  who  ouj^hl  to  know,  that  "  Li/./.ie 
Stuart  never  looked  better,"  and,  no 
doul)t,  the  oroom  was  of  the  same  opin- 
ion. vShe  was  modesllv  and  tastefully 
dressed,  as  Incame  a  Christian  woman 
who  was  about  to  become  a  missionar\- 
pastor's  wife.  It  would  be  rash  on  oiu" 
part  to  <^o  into  the  matter  more  fully  as 
to  the  costumes  of  the  ladies,  thou<4li 
th;ir,  to  most  is  of  interest. 


L^-M_;r^^na^  ^^^B 


■  I 


^.56  T,„.:  o'..:RTfKx  o'  bota.vv  «av 

After  the  cerci„„„y,  the  kissiuR  of  the 

""■■.    '->"<!    ll.e    .,s„al    attendant    ^o,^ 

:"T'  '"f  ;-'«"■».'  part)-  a,ljo„n,ed  to 

;.:':;f  '='''•"■'--- ptno„.s.e. 

jAisc  was  to  be  s«'r\-AJ      'n 

'^*-  >'tr\eti.      rije  party  was  q 

tnMctuIl)-  <lecorate(l  with  evergreens  an,l 

rttv.M'","'-''^--^'""-  ''•'■--"- 

.  KCKd  .  t,ent,„n,  „,.t ,  ,,,„„,^  ^^ 

•'rtiMie  value,  h„t   hoeause  <,f  its  senti 
■"-.    expres..,,  in  ,,r,,a,l  .S.,.,ch  • 

•"">•  the  nmosc  „Vr  rin  thro'  your 
'""l-pock  Hi- a  tear  in  its  e'e  " 

Mr  Foster  says,  "That  pnn  er  has  been 
nl-.<lantly    answered."      That       .t, 

::,r,:'°",  '"^-^ ''--  ■— «■  -d  ,„'.: 

\  :    '■-^'  '"  ^  >°»"a:or  sceration.  ' 

'.e  repast  was  all  -ha.  could  he  de- 

n,  and  the  addresses  ,,ecan,e  the  place 
•  "''  "f  "'^"■■^'O".  as  did  the  „,a„v  pnavers 
of  ered  for  the  yonu.  folks'  future  Tl  e 
"'"■'*  "ere  uuu.erous,  valuable,   and  an 

Proi.r,a,e,  and  with  then,  thev  had  ;« 
and  .'ood  wishes.  The  whole  o  t  e 
prooee  ,,,,s  were  such  a.s  to  he  deen 

tlieno-Iit  way  to  begin  life." 


SKTTI.INC.    AT    W  .\I'.ST1:RT<  )\ 


:)/ 


When  Mr.  and  Mrs.  I'\)stcr  kft  for 
Wabstcrtoi!  that  evening-,  there  wxn.- 
showers  of  riee,  oUl  shoes,  and  ^ood 
wishes.  The  company  \v  is  left  to  their 
own  enji>ynienl,  and  the  newly  married 
traveled  by  rail  to  their  new  home  in  a 
missionary  field  anionj;  the  lowly  pi>t>r. 
On  their  arrival  they  were  met  at  the 
station  by  the  deacons,  one  of  whom  had 
been  at  the  marriage  ceremony.  In  ])e- 
half  of  the  ladies  of  the  eon»;rei;ation,  the 
pastor  and  his  wife  were  presented  with 
a  marble  timepiece,  with  a  snitable  in- 
scription. 

Pastor  Foster  remained  in  Wabslcrton 
fnlly  seven  years,  dnrin^^  which  time  his 
labors  were  attended  with  sisj^nal  spiritnal 
blessinir  and  manv  conversions.  A  chnrch 
edifice  was  erected  snited  to  the  needs 
of  the  district,  and  consistin«;  of  maiii 
andience  room,  kctine  hall,  and  vestries 
with  all  modern  improvements.  The  style 
is  (iothic,  the  mast)nry  broken  rnbble 
freestone,  with  dressed  facings,  dressed 
rnbble  front,  and  three-cpiaiter  pilch 
roof.  The  bnildin-;-  stands  in  its  own 
<jronnds  with  a  honse  for  the  caretaker. 

R 


ir 


1(!  <^ 


."% 


1 


25.S   THJ.;   ()'i:kTrk.\   o'    hotanv    ISAV 

The  cost  was  lari^ely  provided  for  bv 
friends  of  'he  pastor,  and  hy  one  friend 
in  particular,  wlio  ever  proved  a  friend 
indeed. 

Jolin  Foster,  as  known  to  us,  is  by  no 
means  a  faultless  character.     Made  out 


of  the  same  lump  as  others,  he  had  the 
weaknesses  common  to  all.  He  was  im- 
pulsive, nervous,  sympathetic,  sensitive 
t«'  a  hi,:^li  deo-ree.  Xo  trimmer,  he  had 
convictions  and  the  couraj^e  of  them, 
ami  where  ]>rinciple  was  involved,  he 
would  rather  break  than  bend,  holdinu- 
that  principle  i>  dearer  than  life  itself. 


:'J    -'. 


■■•U-'  .,-,  'iti» 


-  :ri^Ek':i"',i',^ 


si;r ri.iNc.  at  wausti-.u  i»»N 


-'.S9 


Persons  of  llic  t»i)posilc  IcinpcianKul, 
and  willi  a  dilTcrent  traininj^  in  life,  have 
had  ditTicnlty  in  ]>Iacin<,r  him,  and  have 
been  templed  to  lej^ard  him  as  inlract- 
ahle.  ( )nce  nnderstood  by  his  friends,  they 
knew  where  to  find  him   in  all  weathers. 

He  has  had  serions  sickness,  and  at 
times  has  l)een  bronj^ht  very  low,  vet 
never  laid  wholly  aside  from  labor  in  the 
jL^ospel.  A  seasonable  rest  mi*;lit  have 
saved  him  mnch  snfTerin,i;,  bnt  the  de- 
mands of  a  family  lashed  him  to  the 
ship's  steerin_i,r  ^ear  in  the  stress  of  the 
storm  of  his  life  voya<;e,  and  forbade 
him  relaxation  in  cahuer  waters. 

Li/zie  vSlnart  has  been  to  him  all  that 
she  promised,  and  more.  A  ^ov_)d  wife, 
the  l)est  of  >  4hers,  a  wise  connselor, 
and  a  woman  if  astonishing-  thrift  and 
manaj^ement,  and  indomitable  plnck. 

In  \Val)sterton  there  were  born  to 
them  two  sons  and  two  danj^hters,  and 
since  that  tv»-o  dant^hters  and  one  son, 
seven  in  all.  All  of  them  were  led  to 
the  Saviour  in  childhood,  and  were  bap- 
tized by  their  father  on  a  ))r(>i''Ssionof  their 
faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus  CMnisi.      h  is  said 


t 


\' 


n 


f  I 


in- 


m." 


2hO   nil:    o'l-KTlKX    (/    HCnAXV    HAV 

that  they  are  "  braw  hairns,  hrain>  and 
l)rave,"  capable  of  making    their  way  in 
the  worUl  and  of  livin<r  to  some  purpose. 
Oil  a   very  limited    income  this  hirj^e 
family  was  reared   and  receivetl  an  edu- 
cation and  irainino  litiino-  iheni  for  use- 
fulness    in     the    world.      John    Foster's 
wealth   was   Hebrew  wealth.      He  never 
accumulated    monev.    yet    he    kept    free 
from  debt,  and  his  only  indehlednes:^  is 
to  love. 

His  wife  has  always  had  the  heavy  end 
of  the  load,  the  common  lot  of  the  min- 
ister's wife,  if  she  is  worthy  of  the 
name  of  wife.  .Ml  the  income  the  Lord 
throu-h  his  peoi)le  -ave  John  I'oster 
he  ])laced  in  his  wife's  hands,  believing 
that  she  would  use  it  to  belter  advantaoe 
than  he  possibly  could  do,  and  he  never 
had  reason  to  regret  his  action. 

Ill  the  Christian  conortuation,  or  jiarish, 
if  the  minister's  wife  i>  the  ni  -ther  of 
a  tamily,  she  deserves  nioir  love  and 
sxinixithy  than  she  oen.  rally  receives. 
Thouohikss,  heartless  per  ..ns  too  often 
expect  her  to  work  miracles  in  the  way 
of  outward   ai)pearances,  nnd  in    leading 


'Lit 


SKTTI.IXC,    AT    WAIiSTl-kToX 


2(M 


olT  ill  cliiircli  work.  f»»r};clliiiv;  ilial  tlu- 
niinislci's  wilV  is  the  wilV  of  a  man  who 
is  public  proptity  and  subject  to  cviiy 
one's  call,  and  that  the  children  are 
lar*jely  the  mother's  care. 

The  conduct  of  the  minister's  famih, 
their  e\ery-da\-  preseiitnu  ut  in  j)nb1ic, 
has  its  moral  effect,  and  a  j^odly  faniilv 
is  an  efTectixe  backinround  to  a  pastor's 
preachinjj^  of  the  j^ospel  ;  it  is  the  niakini^ 
of  the  picture  in  its  every  detail. 

The  ])astor  with  a  family  is  more  of  an 
all-'-ound  man,  in  and  out  of  the  pulpit, 
than  the  childless  pastor.  I  lis  views  of 
the  world  arc  lari^er  and  his  sympathies 
are  broader,  and  he  fits  nuMe  easilv  iiit(» 
his  place.  Hut  sonuhow  in  our  mod- 
ern church  life  this  is  not  lieiierally  ac- 
cepted, and  the  minister  niiencninbered 
is  the  man  in  demand,  onallv  to  the 
weakenin<^  of  the  church's  power. 

May  a  better  day  dawn  for  the  broad- 
minded  and  the  stalwart,  briiiji^Mno  a  wel- 
come to  the  man  with  a  fair,il\,  because 
the  children  are  the  \er\-  sunshine  and 
lite  of  the  conj^re^atioii.  "  Home  is  the 
plaee  where  a  man's  heart  dwells." 


::^:4Tirr^ 


H     » 


.  ;•  ! 


262    TIIK    ()'i;kTri<N    ()'    IJOTANV    HAY 

\Vc    liavf    told    oiir   >t<>iv.  a  st-ries  <»f 
"  DipiKT  folk  idyls,"  ,i,,t  to  exalt  niidnlv 


John  Foster,  but  that  f'rod  iiiav  ht-  ojori- 
ticd  by  sfttini,-  forth  the  nsi'  lu-  was 
plt-ased  to  make  of  him  in  pnblishiiio 
the    name,    the    love,    and    the  power  of 


itvii*a«.. 


si:tti,in(;  at  \v\hsti;kt«»\ 


>A 


jc^iis  to  saw  .siniKi">.      SoiiKliiiic,   later 
oil,  it  ma\  tall  to  an  aUk-r  ikii  than  ours 


to  relate  the  reinaiiKUi   of  the  career  ol" 

Jollll    I'ostrr. 

The  ri>ail   our   hero   had   to  tra\el  was 
like  most  uphill  ones,  intricate,  rou<;h,  aiul 


2(}^    Till-;    o'KKTrRN    o'    HOTANV    HAV 


1'     I' 


ll 


if. 


I  ill 


I!    V 


(lillictill.      Wc  have  sl-cmi   liim  sil  on  the 
colc'i  stoiK  (loor.slcp  of   the  locked   dwell- 
in,^,    on     ilif     evenino-    of    his    mother's 
fnneral,   homeless,  hnn<;rv,  cold,  and  sad 
at  luait,  nmlttiino  to  himseh  as  he  shiv- 
eivd   in   the  cold  damp  of  the  evenino  ; 
"  Xae  -grannie  iioo,  and  mither  and  faitlu  r 
<leid  :      Xac   on\  I)od\ ,  l)nt    Cod    himself 
tae  look  efler  nic,  and   uie  me  a   shelter 
and    freeiis.      (".ramiie's    Cod    wnll    lak' 
lare  o'    Kalit's   hairn.      Ik-   will   answer 
-rannii's   i)ia\ir   for  her   wee    hov,    and 
s<.oii  lak"  him   tae  that  'IL-ppv  kind,  far, 
faraway.'" 

W  f  haw  (.tideavored  with  the  mate- 
rials at  hand  to  uivf  ^limpses  of  the 
«'ri)han  lad  in  his  life  straook.  i,,  .sc,-v(.- 
Cod  and  his  generation,  that  others  who 
arc  now  on  the  lowest  rnn<;  of  the  ladder 
may  \>v  eneonra^ed  to  work  their  way 
ni)ward,  and  that  Jesns  may  have  the 
,L;re'atir  ^lorw 

Xow,  dear  readers,  as  \i,\\  look  njion 
the-  worhl's  sj»iritnal  need,  its  masses  of 
I><>'>r,  nake-d,  miseial.ie,  and  wretched 
I'.e-atnres,  see  je-sns  in  each  one  of  tluni, 
and    may   \i>\\  hear  Iran   sa\in«':    "  Inas- 


fi  1 


si:  r  TI.INC.    Al"    W  .\l;sli:ur(  IN        Jh;; 

imicli  a><  \f  lia\L-  <i(iiK  it  nnt<>  mu'  ot  ilu- 
kasl  of  i1k>(.-,  my  biLlliivn,  \l-  luucdour 
il  unto  I1K-."  Ma\  wo  iti(l>.t.(l  low,  tiii>i, 
and  obey  iIk-  Cliii^l  who  UiuKd  aiul  di- 
iVudrd  John  I"o>U  1,  niiiiist(.id|"  ilu-  !M)^|k]. 

lie  ill. II  li.i-  ii.itiiii.'  in  iiiiii  iiui-t  111'  -r.itctiil  ; 
I  i>  till'  l'r<Ml'ii'>  piiin.iiA'  ,:^if.il  l.iw, 
lli.it  link^  tlif  (  li.iin  nt   IjiinL;^  i>i  i-.u  li  niln-i, 
jiiinilV^  tlic  -ic.lUi'  !'■  tllr  ir--i'|-   li.itlllf. 

'I'\  il\L,MlK'  \om1<  ,iiu1  siidii-.   tl,r  1 1  .111(1   |iM\\ci  till. 

Su'uliiin-  iiicn  I'l  IniiH'^.   .iiu!  c\i:i    l'tut<~  i..  iiii-ii. 


Tin:  i:.\i) 


It 


I  > 


II     ' 


(ILOSSARV 


[  In  the  Sroiiisli  !;iiiyii;ii;i-  ilu-  liti.i  A  li.i~  \,,\tv  dittii 
«'iil  >.>imil>  :  I.  A,  :iv  In  .ill,  wmII.  j.  A.  -IimH  :i-  in 
lak".  iiuik'.  t;ils'.  ;.  A.  I'l'in  ;i-  in  1 ':mI.  .I.kMi.-.  j. 
A.  -Iciulii  ni  ili.~c,  :i>  in  I. mi-,  ahiiic.  ni.mi  .  \  i-  h,- 
i|urnllv  iiM-d  inNi,;i,|  ,,|  n.:,,  jn  ;in<-.  iMnr.  -t.in.-,  l.in^. 
-;lli;j.   -hill.  I 


A\   nil. 

An.  nil.  II. 

.\ill.    nu  II. 

.\l;inc,   iilniif. 
.\ni',  (inc. 

.AlWfCII,    liclwccii. 

Aiil.l,  mI,1. 
A\a'.  al  all. 
.\\\;i',  a«a\. 
A\r.  alua\>'. 


i:iiir.  Min.i. 

IHiihl.  M I. 

lM.iin\,  I'KiiN. 

I'.KK-.     v|i,,||    lllIU, 

lii.iu  ,  iiji  i|-(.nii  . 
iJrauK.  lKin.|-..iiii  1\. 
Iliiiii-i.inr.  siili.liin. 

lilillui.     I'M.lll.l. 

Hii-k.   I..  <lr,  -V. 

l!iil,  llif  i.iili  I    1. .11111. 


Il.iini.  a  I  liilij. 

Haw  !>(■<■.  liiill'  prtiiu  . 

I'x'ip.    (  ..lii|..|l:iMr. 

l!iti.  ilir  iniu  I  ii.din, 
a  I'Mi  mill  I. Ill,  t\Mi 
ii"'in-.      ■-((■  r.ut, 

l!in.  In  (11. 

Ilia.  .  Line. 

ISl.il.  .    I  a-lilii;,    ii.it    I. II 
«ai(i. 


<  .r,  ( .ill.  111  -uiiiiii' '11.  h . 

iiiaL.'  a  I, ill. 

<  'aliaii,   |i(i\,  \i.iiili, 
'   allct.   In  ~li.   |.mc. 

<  .nil',   (  .line. 

<  :inil\  ,    I  ,iut|.ili«. 

•    .lU  .      1(1     U  ilni      \  .11  II,      III 

(ll  IM      .1      Iti.l-.-. 
'     '   '    \'    '    ll/i    'I.     (   IMJi.'i    ll 

<  (ll:.  .   li.illi. 


2  OS 


<  lao,  I  loilu-. 

<  Icinl.    I  li.lllf. 

<  iitidu-,   an   a--,   a   iI'Mi- 

kfV. 

<  nil,  -illy  rdlou-. 

I>af.    do. 
I  'awillc.  lo  uillr. 
I  >fa\c.   lo  (It  altii. 
D.r,   die. 

Did.  d.vil. 

I  >i(  III,    to  wipe. 

1  >iiiiia,  do  not. 

I  >oo,   to  do. 

I  'oi  i',  a  dc  i\  f. 

I  'ooii.  do\\  II, 

l)oiut'.    i|iii(l    and    >tii 

sil.le. 
I  >oiir,  -iiil)l)orii. 
I  »iain,  a  ^la--  of  lii|tioi. 
"llj,',  <log. 
I  'iii~i"iia.  diiist  not. 

l-.'ill.     fV,N. 

i.'tn.  evtiiin^. 

l".iii-li.   Iii-li. 

Illici.  alli  r. 

\:u<,  t   v>. 

I'atijjlr,  notion.  (,'<•«  ^,(\\ . 

i'aiind,  found. 

I'awr,  fai. 

Iidit.  ti^lii. 

I  111',    lilld. 
I  iii'n.   Iiiiiid. 


(;i.<).ss.\kv 

licence,  liin^c. 


*.a.-,  i;n. 

(lat'law,  n  lotid  laii^li. 

*  iail,  way. 

( laiii',  ^onc. 

Catij,',  j,'o. 

(iauc),    .-lately     in     ap- 

IHai.itn  f. 
t  i.nuin,iK,  -illv  I'olk 
( iauii,  i^oino. 
( iloaiiiini^.  dii-k. 

<  illdc,  OI  i.;iiid,  j^ooil, 

<  ■><•.  very.    i-.  ^y  ^udr, 

\iiy  j^ood. 

I  l.u',  lia\  I' . 

Hac,  Ik  If. 

Half,  wiiole,  licallln. 

Haji,    a     invfiin^',    j.;ai- 

nu'iii. 
Hand.      liaiidin,      hold. 

Iioldiiij.;. 
II.il),  oh. 

Iliii-uinc,  Iiind.  Ixliind. 
I  liiina,  have  not. 
Ilisna,  ha-  iiol. 
Iloiigh,  liaiij.;li,  low. 
I  In/,  ha.. 

r.  in,  ol. 

Jalouse,  to  f^iu'Ss. 
JawdioN,  a  -ink. 
jiaii,   lane  or  land 
IriMiK's.    I, line-. 


"inf7rT^''f>  "rr7rm^i^''''TWf 


(■.l,o:>  \kV                          2(n 

Ji^cmciit,  juil^nii 

III 

<  >■.  III. 

Jink,  to  (loil^f. 

<  Kll.  oh. 

Ji-t,   jllM. 

« )iilif,  onlv 

Ken,    klh.u. 

<  •ii-^auii-,  oil  ^ ^^. 

(  lot.    out. 

Km,  icl.ilivf. 

<  lu't  I,  o"<  1.   mil. 

Kiiic,  r.iltlf.  ^iiil 

Kl-t,    I  llr^l.    1mi\. 

I'llll,     111     liH.llhi'      will 

ilillu  ult>. 

1  .u^h,   low  . 

I'll.  put. 

I.ral,  t;i)(i(l. 

rn(  11,  pill. 

I.llVf,     In    llUVf. 

I'liir,  I'lHii. 

1  ■cvin'.   Iiviiij;. 

I.onp,   l(\i|>. 

km.   luii. 

I.ll.i,    iovi'. 

Sail,  -oil. 

MmII,    11 II  hi". 

Sallcii.  '■..II.  11. 

M;ii-I,   lM(i~l. 

.Sllonll.    --ll.ic*, 

M;ik',   in.ikf. 

."^i.ili.   I.i.ii.   I,i~li  II. 

M;uill.   liin-I. 

S|.rll,    HhjUllr. 

Miclit.   iii:i;lil. 

.^[.Nllril,    -|i..|l,.l. 

Mm.  klc  111    Tiiui  kli 

■.  N;;. 

M.ll  111  1  ,    111    -l.P^^rl  . 

huj^i-. 

Man',  lo  -l.iii.!. 

MilluT,   iii.iiIht. 

Mrrk,    111  I  l..-r. 

Mnii-C.    lllnll^c. 

Mil.;. it,  -liij  i.l. 

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